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[quote=pri_dk]I find it difficult to keep up with the latest terms for various races. I know that blacks were once called “Negros,” and then called “colored” (my mother still calls them that but I know she doesn’t mean any harm by it.)

I grew up calling them “blacks” but now it seems that “African American” is the latest fashion. I don’t use this term because it has too many syllables and I’m too old to change my ways.

I’ve also heard the phrase “people of color” which sounds like the old-fashioned “colored” but I think it’s different because it includes anyone who isn’t white (I’ve always wondered if whites are should be called “people without color” – that doesn’t sound very flattering, but I’m sure those who coined the phrase “people of color” never meant to imply anything negative.)[/quote]

According to the additive color theory (prism/dispersion of light thing) black is absence of color (i.e. black people are people without color) and white is a blend of all colors.

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[quote=pri_dk]I find it difficult to keep up with the latest terms for various races. I know that blacks were once called “Negros,” and then called “colored” (my mother still calls them that but I know she doesn’t mean any harm by it.)

I grew up calling them “blacks” but now it seems that “African American” is the latest fashion. I don’t use this term because it has too many syllables and I’m too old to change my ways.

I’ve also heard the phrase “people of color” which sounds like the old-fashioned “colored” but I think it’s different because it includes anyone who isn’t white (I’ve always wondered if whites are should be called “people without color” – that doesn’t sound very flattering, but I’m sure those who coined the phrase “people of color” never meant to imply anything negative.)[/quote]

According to the additive color theory (prism/dispersion of light thing) black is absence of color (i.e. black people are people without color) and white is a blend of all colors.

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[quote=pri_dk]I find it difficult to keep up with the latest terms for various races. I know that blacks were once called “Negros,” and then called “colored” (my mother still calls them that but I know she doesn’t mean any harm by it.)

I grew up calling them “blacks” but now it seems that “African American” is the latest fashion. I don’t use this term because it has too many syllables and I’m too old to change my ways.

I’ve also heard the phrase “people of color” which sounds like the old-fashioned “colored” but I think it’s different because it includes anyone who isn’t white (I’ve always wondered if whites are should be called “people without color” – that doesn’t sound very flattering, but I’m sure those who coined the phrase “people of color” never meant to imply anything negative.)[/quote]

According to the additive color theory (prism/dispersion of light thing) black is absence of color (i.e. black people are people without color) and white is a blend of all colors.

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[quote=pri_dk]I find it difficult to keep up with the latest terms for various races. I know that blacks were once called “Negros,” and then called “colored” (my mother still calls them that but I know she doesn’t mean any harm by it.)

I grew up calling them “blacks” but now it seems that “African American” is the latest fashion. I don’t use this term because it has too many syllables and I’m too old to change my ways.

I’ve also heard the phrase “people of color” which sounds like the old-fashioned “colored” but I think it’s different because it includes anyone who isn’t white (I’ve always wondered if whites are should be called “people without color” – that doesn’t sound very flattering, but I’m sure those who coined the phrase “people of color” never meant to imply anything negative.)[/quote]

According to the additive color theory (prism/dispersion of light thing) black is absence of color (i.e. black people are people without color) and white is a blend of all colors.

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[quote=pri_dk]I find it difficult to keep up with the latest terms for various races. I know that blacks were once called “Negros,” and then called “colored” (my mother still calls them that but I know she doesn’t mean any harm by it.)

I grew up calling them “blacks” but now it seems that “African American” is the latest fashion. I don’t use this term because it has too many syllables and I’m too old to change my ways.

I’ve also heard the phrase “people of color” which sounds like the old-fashioned “colored” but I think it’s different because it includes anyone who isn’t white (I’ve always wondered if whites are should be called “people without color” – that doesn’t sound very flattering, but I’m sure those who coined the phrase “people of color” never meant to imply anything negative.)[/quote]

According to the additive color theory (prism/dispersion of light thing) black is absence of color (i.e. black people are people without color) and white is a blend of all colors.

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It was an impossible sell with iPad, iPad 2 and Xoom already somewhere around the house. I bought some more diapers instead.

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It was an impossible sell with iPad, iPad 2 and Xoom already somewhere around the house. I bought some more diapers instead.

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It was an impossible sell with iPad, iPad 2 and Xoom already somewhere around the house. I bought some more diapers instead.

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It was an impossible sell with iPad, iPad 2 and Xoom already somewhere around the house. I bought some more diapers instead.

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It was an impossible sell with iPad, iPad 2 and Xoom already somewhere around the house. I bought some more diapers instead.

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[quote=briansd1]
It’s all about the monthly payments. Pure and simple, if the monthly payments, net of taxes, are reasonable, people will buy houses.
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There is a natural floor in the cost of housing as percentage of income. The prices would not go down to fully offset the cost of deduction (even if that was the case the revenue generated would be lower since the basis would be lower). I expect transition into some sort of European system where mortgages are often 3-5 years with balloon payment that usually gets refinanced into another term. The ownership rate is lower (Germany has just over 40% ownership rate), but tenants are more protected then here. I received a 10 (ten) year notice after the ownership of the building changed while I was living as a renter in Germany. It is quite common for people there to do major remodels of their rentals and to stay in the same rental for decades.

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[quote=briansd1]
It’s all about the monthly payments. Pure and simple, if the monthly payments, net of taxes, are reasonable, people will buy houses.
[/quote]

There is a natural floor in the cost of housing as percentage of income. The prices would not go down to fully offset the cost of deduction (even if that was the case the revenue generated would be lower since the basis would be lower). I expect transition into some sort of European system where mortgages are often 3-5 years with balloon payment that usually gets refinanced into another term. The ownership rate is lower (Germany has just over 40% ownership rate), but tenants are more protected then here. I received a 10 (ten) year notice after the ownership of the building changed while I was living as a renter in Germany. It is quite common for people there to do major remodels of their rentals and to stay in the same rental for decades.

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[quote=briansd1]
It’s all about the monthly payments. Pure and simple, if the monthly payments, net of taxes, are reasonable, people will buy houses.
[/quote]

There is a natural floor in the cost of housing as percentage of income. The prices would not go down to fully offset the cost of deduction (even if that was the case the revenue generated would be lower since the basis would be lower). I expect transition into some sort of European system where mortgages are often 3-5 years with balloon payment that usually gets refinanced into another term. The ownership rate is lower (Germany has just over 40% ownership rate), but tenants are more protected then here. I received a 10 (ten) year notice after the ownership of the building changed while I was living as a renter in Germany. It is quite common for people there to do major remodels of their rentals and to stay in the same rental for decades.

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[quote=briansd1]
It’s all about the monthly payments. Pure and simple, if the monthly payments, net of taxes, are reasonable, people will buy houses.
[/quote]

There is a natural floor in the cost of housing as percentage of income. The prices would not go down to fully offset the cost of deduction (even if that was the case the revenue generated would be lower since the basis would be lower). I expect transition into some sort of European system where mortgages are often 3-5 years with balloon payment that usually gets refinanced into another term. The ownership rate is lower (Germany has just over 40% ownership rate), but tenants are more protected then here. I received a 10 (ten) year notice after the ownership of the building changed while I was living as a renter in Germany. It is quite common for people there to do major remodels of their rentals and to stay in the same rental for decades.

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[quote=briansd1]
It’s all about the monthly payments. Pure and simple, if the monthly payments, net of taxes, are reasonable, people will buy houses.
[/quote]

There is a natural floor in the cost of housing as percentage of income. The prices would not go down to fully offset the cost of deduction (even if that was the case the revenue generated would be lower since the basis would be lower). I expect transition into some sort of European system where mortgages are often 3-5 years with balloon payment that usually gets refinanced into another term. The ownership rate is lower (Germany has just over 40% ownership rate), but tenants are more protected then here. I received a 10 (ten) year notice after the ownership of the building changed while I was living as a renter in Germany. It is quite common for people there to do major remodels of their rentals and to stay in the same rental for decades.

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