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ParticipantLakeside would be an awesome location for your airport access, mixxalot (easy access to SR-52). It has everything you want well within your price range. Of course, it’s further from Shelter Island and hot 6-7 months year but that’s the tradeoff.
Participant[quote=mixxalot]Thank you bearishgurl for the great insights! I have a dumb question what do some of the acronyms mean like LM, LV, CV, and LG?
Fortunately I have time to look and find what I want in terms of location and quality construction. While having a pool and spa is nice, I’d rather have real wood floors, high end kitchen with nice granite tops and wood cabinets not the crap I see in a lot of places and nice big bathroom with a nice sunken tub! Views are important to me since I work from home and the quality of life working from home is increased by a nice office view from out the home windows! I would love to own a coastal property like La Jolla, Del Mar or Solana Beach but unless I win the Powerball that won’t happen anytime soon.
Since I am a single guy, any size between 1500-2000 square foot with big garage is fine. I live in a tiny crowded 600 square foot apartment and need room for my workshop and toys. I was just in Bonita this morning and had never been there before and was surprised at how nice it is. However, I am a pilot and do fly planes out of Montgomery and Gillespie field for fun besides sailing and scuba diving so a good strategic location as home base is important. I also want my real estate to eventually increase in value so a good growth potential is key besides living in a safe and walkable community.[/quote]Bonita isn’t that far from Montgomery (805 to SR-163) and Gillespie Fields (SR-54 to SR-125). It’s about 20-25 minutes to both.
My study is facing my backyard which is nice to look at and where I can watch my little dog chasing neighborhood cats off “her” property all day. All you need is a decent backyard with a nice garden. A pool/spa is a PITA for a single person who is gone a lot (akin to having a pet to take care of). It’s wa-a-a-a-y cheaper to go to the gym and use their facilities.
It sounds to me from this post like you really don’t want a fixer, mixxalot. I almost sounds like you might actually want a “turnkey property” … or close to it …. a taller order if you want the big lot AND oversized 2-3 car garage.
Participant[quote=bewildering]I like north clairemont in 92117.
https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Diego/3528-Merrimac-Ave-92117/home/6238096
Is a little smaller than you wanted but might tick some of your other boxes. I think this area is good value for the location.[/quote]
Although slightly smaller, this is the typical listing (1330 sf/no side vehicle access with quarter-turn driveway) for Clairemont 92111 as well.
It’s just breathtaking to me how much the owners of these small houses/lots are asking these days.
Thanks for sharing, bewildering.
Participant[quote=Essbee][quote=bearishgurl]…Tierrasanta and Serra Mesa both share a HS…[/quote]
No, not true. Serra Mesa goes to Kearny HS in Linda Vista.
https://www.sandiegounified.org/node/219However, the HS for Tierrasanta is (Junipero) Serra HS, perhaps contributing to the confusion here.[/quote]My bad, Essbee. I DO know a family residing in SM who is sending their kid to Serra but that may very well be because Kearny is on the NCLB list so they have a choice.
Essbee, you grew up in San Carlos (92119), no? Can you suggest any streets there to the OP which have ~8000 sf lots and/or lots with rear access which would likely sell for <$700K today? What about around Cowles Mtn? I'm only vaguely familiar with this area and know it a little better east of Lake Murray Blvd (bordering on LM).
Participant[quote=mixxalot]I put off the boat purchase for the time being since its cheaper renting from the local sailing club and I need more room. I am single and looking for 3-4 bedroom SFH 2000 square foot on large sized lot with privacy, decent sized garage and yard. Ideal location close to beach and job centers even though right now I work from home. So Oceanside/Carlsbad/Encinitas way too far for me. Would like best weather and I do know that Santee/El Cajon/La Mesa can get HOT in summer time.
At the same time, I don’t want to live in a bad ghetto area where I have to worry about my home being robbed and my car stolen.[/quote]
mixxalot, you are wanting too much for few zip codes you have listed here (92120, 92111 and 92124) all which have a dearth of inventory with the first two zip codes full of 50+ year-old one-story tracts and 92120 and the LV portion of 92111 having mostly 5K sf lots (city “standard” for SD). 2000 sf homes are more prevalent in 92124 (TS) but there are plenty of drawbacks to living there, including what I’ve previously mentioned as well as heat. If you’re going to live in heat, you may as well get exactly what you want for the same or less $$ in EC or Lakeside.
I agree with livinincali that the southern part of 92111 (Linda Vista, which has the huge Chesterton duplex-type Navy housing complex) is still fairly “affordable” but is a candidate for gentrification due to its superior location. However, the vast majority of LV’s homes are small (<1400 sf) and of the WWII era ('40's) and have been rented for decades so if one should come on the market, it wouldn't likely be in very good shape unless it had been recently rehabbed prior to sale or flipped. "Clairemont" (northern 92111) isn't likely to ever have too many listings at any one time in your price range due to it being a very stable community, and, in any case, the average size 1-story tract home there is ~1600 sf. Serra Mesa is a nice family-oriented community with a lot of public services (Y, pool, library, parks, kids sports) and its homes are built better and are generally lighter and brighter inside than early '60's Clairemont (92111/mtn st) tract homes, imho, which were thrown up in a hurry to accomodate Convair's incoming out-of-state workers. Some of Serra Mesa's subdivisions were built with red oak floors and knotty pine entryways and kitchen cabinets as opposed to carpet on slab and small, high windows in Clairemont. Serra Mesa sits up high, getting an unobstructed breeze from Mission Bay and is a bit cooler than Tierrasanta.
mixxalot, I feel the coveted parts of LM (75-90 year-old LM Village/Windsor Hill - 91941) are going to be priced well above your budget unless you can find a very heavy fixer and pay all cash for it.
As an alternative, I would suggest that you try to find a home on a double-deep lot in the flat part of LM (91941) which is closer to the 94 fwy (directly under the fwy from LG). Yes, a lot of these houses need work (avg 1500 sf) BUT having a double-deep lot would allow you to expand in the backyard and also may allow you an alley or rear-street entrance to your lot or the ability to pour or gravel a long driveway (if not there already) to store a large boat as you have previously stated you wanted to eventually slip a sailboat (an expensive proposition on the CA coast). It's much cheaper to trailer it into your property for free after a day/wknd jaunt in the water. A lot of South and East SD County residents with large lots and adequate side clearances trailer their large "toys" to the back of their lots to save a bundle on slipping. I think if you can still find a home with one of these lots at the lower end of your price and with the double-deep lot and can get an accepted offer on it, you’re not going to care if that area goes up as much as LV does because all those other areas we just discussed here don’t have lots like these. This part of LM is only 12-13 miles from the public boat launches at Shelter and Harbor Island.
I would also suggest to you 91910 (CV north/dtn (~14 mi from Shelter Island boat rentals) and 91902 (Bonita – partly annexed to CV and partly unincorporated county and ~18 mi from Shelter Island boat rentals). What you are looking for is abundant and standard in Bonita but its $600K – $700K stock (2000+ sf SFR 1950’s to 1970’s with an avg 15K sf lot) is fast disappearing. There are scattered large, flat residential lots (1/2 AC – 4 AC) in 91910 mixed with homes on smaller lots as well as plenty of corner-lot homes on 1/4 AC+ and the houses on them tend to be 40-70 years old with a good portion of them >2000 sf. The trick is to find one which is listed asking ~$700K, which likely wouldn’t be too common today, unless it is a fixer. In that case, flippers would have scooped it up by now for all cash. I live in 91910 and even though my house isn’t “flipper material” (not a fixer but ~2200 sf), I get constant mailers offering to buy my house for “all cash, ten day closing, we’ll move all your junk out that you don’t want and you just walk away with a check,” blah, blah. Some of the mailers say the individual, REIT or flipper/rehab team has dozens of buyers waiting for a family-sized home to become available in my area and they are desperate to buy single-family homes …. any homes, conditioned be damned.
There are a few pie-shaped (~1/4 AC) lots in 91910 in subdivisions with two-story houses which are only ~25 years old. These properties, if listed, would likely sell for $575K+. Unfortunately, since these lots are pie shaped, they have huge backyards but not enough clearance on either side of the house to drive a vehicle through to the backyard, and, in any case, parking a boat/RV or other toy on the front of your lot would be prohibited by the HOA.
Your plan would have been a lot more doable 3-4 years ago but even then, you still would have had to put $$ into the property before fully moving in, imho. Now, you’re just going to have to stop beating your head against a brick wall (as you have been doing in recent years) and change your preferred zip codes to 91910, 91902, 92019, 91942/92021 (Fletcher Hills) and 92040 and keep searching IF you can’t lower your square footage for your desired house and lot. You’re not likely going to find what you want in the zip codes you’ve listed here in your price range unless you’re willing to go down in dwelling size at least 400 sf or find a (costly) fixer in TS which may need (expensive) remediation before you will be able to obtain a fire insurance binder in escrow. Even if you could find a property like this, its lot may not be what you want. There ARE closer-in zip codes than what I’ve suggested here that may have perfectly decent available inventory which is exactly what you want in your price range (ex 92114, 92139, 91977 and 91945), but based upon what you posted about not wanting to live in a (perceived) “ghetto,” I feel you may not be “comfortable” living there. I have personally lived in two of those zip codes (SD) and do not feel you would be robbed, vandalized or have your vehicle stolen if you moved into one of those areas today. Just my .02.
In short, you are likely stuck with South or East SD County for what you want in your price range if you want to buy in SD County and live ~20 minutes from Harbor/Shelter Island or Mission Bay. South County is closer and also has 2 local public boat launches/docks if you ever end up buying your own boat and trailering it home.
Chin up, mixxalot! It’s much worse in western LA County/OC and there is even less available inventory there than here (in many zip codes, there are zero SFRs listed on the MLS). I just spent the weekend there, with Mother’s Day on Balboa Island, Newport Beach. Asking prices for 60++ year old homes (many with just one bath and a 1-car garage) are absolutely thru the stratosphere on the westside! Yes, even in “working class” East Costa Mesa, Buena Park, Culver City and South LA neighborhoods bordering Long Beach. If you were interested in considering East LA Co/SGV cities, what you are looking for is abundant and currently in your price range but rising fast! Again, it’s hot out there 2/3 to 3/4 of the year and 30-45 miles due east from the ocean (SM Pier). Just a suggestion since you work from home.
San Diego County is still a relative bargain by West LA/OC and Bay Area standards but hasn’t been planned as well (too many subdivisions were allowed in SD Co). This and the dearth of living-wage jobs in SD County explain its lower RE prices.
Yes, Serra Mesa may have ~2000 sf homes with (hopefully, permitted) room additions. The vast majority of them are situated on 5-6K sf lots, however, which, with a room addition built into the backyard, doesn’t afford very much lot space. This post assumes you want a >8000 sf lot.
It’s time to drill down to your absolute “requirements” or get busy exploring alternative areas … and the sooner, the better, mixxalot. A lot of prospective homebuyers in SD County have the same (unrealistic) expectations that you do and that’s why they are still tenants after 7-8 “years of buying opportunity” has now passed them by :=0
ParticipantIf “boomers” comprise >20% of the US population, shouldn’t they occupy ~20% of the available jobs in the US? I mean, if a 68 or 69 (soon to be 70) year-old (the oldest boomers) are qualified to occupy the nation’s highest office, shouldn’t their “brethren” be “qualified” to occupy ~20% of ALL FT and PT jobs available …. that is, if they want or need to work?
Age discrimination in the workplace (and the horribly failed ACA) are the primary reasons why many boomers may not be able to last (financially) into old age in full retirement, IMO. In many cases, the boomers are fitter and healthier than the millenials and, to a lesser extent, Gen X and certainly able-bodied enough to work …. at least part-time.
Participant[quote=flyer]We all have different ideas about what constitutes great political decisions/achievements historically, and, although I don’t want to argue those points, suffice it to say that, a thinking person realizes there have been pros and cons to each and every one of them. Then, of course, some would say the pros outweigh the cons, but, that again, would also be a matter of opinion.
That said, even though neither I, my family, anyone we know, nor, I’m guessing, most Piggs, will be noticeably affected by whomever is elected President (until now, we’ve always voted for the candidate we felt represented the lesser of the evils) and really never have been, it is still difficult to watch the diabolical manipulation of voters being exhibited by the candidates on both sides. (Frankly, they all look and sound insane to me every time they speak.) . . . [/quote]
[quote=flyer]I was focused and speaking from a financial/economic perspective–since that seems to be the emphasis of the empty rhetoric we are enduring from both sides–and the way candidates are reeling in desperate voters. Although my statement was clear in my mind, I can understand how it may have seemed a broad generalization with unintended inferences . . . I think most voters just want to know if they and their children will be able to afford to live out the rest of their lives in a comfortable way–will they be able to afford their homes?–can they afford healthcare?–will they be able to retire? etc., etc., and it’s not looking good.
Although a small percentage of Americans at the top are acquiring more wealth, stats reveal that more and more people are drifting downward financially and losing ground–not just those in the middle class–especially as more and more of the population approaches their 50’s and loses their earning power for whatever reasons–so, imo, watching how those stats change for better or worse in the coming years will clearly tell us everything we need to know about the true power of either party. Because, if you can’t change what matters most–what’s the point?[/quote]
flyer, by your recent posts, you sound a bit apathetic to me. My main question is, do you plan on voting in the general election this year, and if so, will you vote for one of the “presumptive nominees” or will you cast a “protest vote” for president for an American Independent, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom or Green Party candidate? I’m not asking “who?” …. only if you plan on voting for POTUS in this year’s general election.
Do you not feel that Trump will be able to bring back living wage jobs to US soil? What are YOUR thoughts on what should be done about the ACA, if anything? And do you think CA coastal-dwelling millenials should all have the “home of their dreams” for their first home or should they be okay with buying a “starter home” for their first home … like the vast majority of their parents did (the boomers)?
And what are your views on age discrimination? Do you think it can be corrected with heavy-handed enforcement (via stronger language in EEOC, FEHA laws) looming over employer’s heads (i.e. having a “quota” of “over-50” employees for different-sized businesses when most of them would rather have none, regardless of the superior knowledge talent, experience, work ethic, punctuality and attendance of the over-50 former-worker set). How do you feel businesses can legally be compel to hire older workers when the vast majority of them don’t want any in their employ? Certainly, even a part-time job working in a field most of their experience was in would help a lot of retired and semi-retired people make ends meet or at the very least, make them a little more secure with a little extra to travel with, etc.
I see that a lot of people are finally hopeful this year (NO, I don’t believe for a minute that Americans think of POTUS candidates as their “saviors”). I believe that every vote can make a small difference … YES, even in (seemingly) “sewed up” CA. Certainly, you must be aware that it’s never, ever over until the “fat lady” sings at least 4 encores. Meanwhile, if you’re “enjoying the show,” more power to ya. In the end, one of the POTUS candidates will take the helm and we will ALL have to live with it :=]
Participantmixxalot, my understanding from your previous posts re: your home searches was that you needed room to park a sailboat. Is that still an issue?
And my understanding was that you didn’t have kids (correct me if I’m wrong, here) but Tierrasanta and Serra Mesa both share a HS. ALL the public schools which serve those areas are very transient, due to Serra Mesa’s huge “Lincoln” Navy housing project (fka “Cabrillo”) and Tierrasanta’s “Murphy Canyon” Navy housing project, which is among the largest in the state.
In addition, Tierrasanta was originally built in the ’70’s, with (later tracts added in the ’80’s and ’90’s). All of the buried ordinance in its hills and HOA “common areas” (from when Camp Elliot was active) has NOT been located and detonated. In addition, parts of a few of its tracts are located in designated fire-prone areas on SD County insurance maps and thus TS parcels located on them require an extra fire insurance rider or require the extra fire coverage (for out-of-area helicopters, etc) built into the cost of the policy.
TS wouldn’t be my first choice, mixxalot. Why don’t you tell us exactly what you are now looking for in a house, ie house size, lot size, location, lot configuration, temperature of area (i.e. warm, sunny, cool), etc?
Participant[quote=flyer]The politics of this election are really sad to watch, with so many voters desperately seeking a candidate whom they believe can actually save their lives.
I think they forget (or maybe don’t know) that we have three branches of government, and by virtue of that fact, many of the promises made will simply disappear like vapor when subjected to the legislative process.
I wouldn’t bet my future or my family’s future on any political candidate, but it will be interesting to see what any of them can actually deliver after the election.[/quote]I don’t think people are expecting an incoming President to “save their lives,” flyer. I think the American electorate will vote for one of the “lesser of two evils.” You must admit that, at the end of the day, we’re not going to have much choice in the matter by November.
I read an article online this morning that predicted the general election this year will be decided mainly through “negative partisanship” votes. That is, voters will vote for the candidate which will keep their lesser-desired candidate from obtaining the office. And the percentage of voters which they predicted would vote this way was about evenly spread between the two “presumptive nominees,” that is 46% to Trump and 47% to Clinton, IIRC.
May 6, 2016 at 3:39 PM in reply to: how to test the waters selling OB lots zoned for 8 total units #797353Participant[quote=gzz]I agree that hold and wait will probably work well. I have about 870k in low interest mortgage debt on them, and if the value of the property grows 4% a year with the leverage the 870k in equity grows about $70,000 a year for an 8% annual return plus the small profit from renting themselves over the mortgage/maintenance brings that up to almost 10%.
I’ve been giving some thought of moving to SF since about half of my work is there, that’s the main reason I might sell, otherwise I could not afford to buy there. Hard to really say for sure, but the return on real estate might end up being higher there too. The problem is there already has been much more appreciation there than here. SD and SF both had rapid appreciation 2011 to 2013, but we slowed down after that and SF did not.
If I moved there I’d probably get something like these:
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/77-Blake-St-San-Francisco-CA-94118/15083534_zpid/
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4122-4124-17TH-St-San-Francisco-CA-94114/15127474_zpid/
[/quote]WOW, lucky you, gzz! I didn’t realize there were still fairly reasonable deals out there for SF. Thanks for sharing! I like the location and fantastic lot size of the 2nd listing better than the 1st one, but the 1st one has a great location as well although not as “upscale” and has a garage (for no bigger than a Prius). That’s HUGE in SF! It appears that the owners/LL of the 1st listing, just north of the Castro, lost it to FC due to ATMing it to death over the years, cuz they had to have purchased it >25 years ago. I’d take the 2/1 right above the garage and the garage for myself and rent the 3rd flr 2/1 out (after slightly rehabbing it) if I bought it. (One of the back [1/1?] unit’s tenant is apparently still under a “rent control” contract.) It has a nice elevated easy-care backyard as well.
I can’t tell from the map, but if the 2nd listing actually has a double-deep lot, it may abut the street behind where you may be able to get ingress/egress from that street and build a 2-car garage.
I’m with flyer. I really believe you can quickly unload your OB (2 on 1?) without even listing it. Although you have 2 detached homes in OB and the homes in SF are attached, I do agree that SF tends to appreciate more and faster and is definitely less transient (once tenants finally score a rental there, they tend to stay, esp if the unit is “rent controlled”). I would think that new tenants (not established, rent-controlled tenants) in SF make far more money, on average, then tenants in OB (SD) and tend to stay longer. That is, unless you can get away with turning your SD houses into AirBnB or VBRO, which is a constant hassle to manage with a FT job. You state City will not allow you to pave your front setback for parking. Do you think they would approve your turning them into VBRO? Of course, your neighbors would likely report you if you started to do that. You also state that you’re currently getting $7K month rent. Wow, that seems like a LOT to me for OB! Are you getting 1 yr+ leases totaling $7K month in rent? OB has always seemed very crowded and transient to me but maybe I’ve been asleep at the switch while it has gentrified beyond recognition :=0
Good luck to you, gzz! If I were you, I’d sell and go to SF in a heartbeat. Life can be short and it is (literally and figuratively) a “breathtaking” place to live and work … the experience of a lifetime!
Edit: I just reread the thread and it appears you bought two contiguous parcels. Your mention of your $870K encumbrance caught me off guard and I thought it was for one property.
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]BG, I knew you would grab hold of the 100k part. The thing is that it’s the disaffected who are providing the momentum.
Pensions living on government largess voting for Trump. Pretty funny.[/quote]Who said anything about government largess (sic)??
You’re a SD native, no? Haven’t you ever heard of PacBell, AT&T, SDG&E/Sempra Energy, Rohr Industries, Teledyne Ryan, PSA, General Dynamics/Convair, NASSCO or Raytheon?
Unless you were able to personally poll any of those Trump supporters you saw on the telly, you have no idea what their household income is … or where they retired from. I’m sorry if you aren’t/weren’t able to qualify for a pension.
Participant[quote=flu]Convenient how no Canadian will ever get stopped crossing a state border in the u.s., even if they happened to enter illegally.
Well, at least not the light skinned colored ones.[/quote]How do you know that, flu? There ARE officers along our northern borders who ask to see documents of those crossing into the US, even if they ARE Americans.
Again, you’re basing your assumptions on skin color. Canadians are of all races and colors.
Participant[quote=svelte][quote=flu]After reading this thread again, I am convinced once people get above a certain age like 50ish+, some people exhibit having a few screws loose and could arguably be qualified as certified nuts.
[/quote]I think a couple of signs of that are “use” of phantom quotes when they are actually quoting no one and bold text to inject emphasis.[/quote]Yes, I’m known to use quotes around words in posts describing issues which are offensive and/or disgusting to me. They are not quoting anyone. Sorry if it offends you or anyone else, svelte.
Participant[quote=FlyerInHi]BG, I read your trump comment on the other thread.
What do you mean by unsustainable ideology. On the republican side? How will
Trump change it?[/quote]No. On the dem side. As a nearly lifelong dem, it seems all the (taxpayer-funded) programs that were created in the past decade or so have done nothing but created a sense of “victimhood” among many Americans who made poor decisions in their lives. However, I don’t blame Obama entirely (I actually voted for him twice). I primarily blame the Dem-controlled Congress of his first 4 years in office.Examples: HAMP, HARP, bank bailouts (enabling “short sales” which let the defaulting borrower keep the assets [ie vehicles] which they bought with the $$ from their defaulted-upon mortgage), “foreclosure moratorium” legislation, healthplan subsidies, “stimulus payments” (in the form of tax refunds) and later, all the various Federal student loan “repayment plans” (on the slow-motion train, while SL borrowers owing $75K to $250K created families, shopped ’til they dropped and generally lived above their means, claiming a “high debt level”). This includes the Federal REPAYE plan, signed into law by President Obama (with potential “loan forgiveness” in the end):
see: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/about/announcements/repaye
I just have a few questions about who is actually “deserving” of this largesse and how it is all adding to our country’s huge deficit.
Why should a family who couldn’t even remotely qualify for their mortgages/cash-out refis/HELOCs under “normal” criteria in 2006 still be able to reside in the same home today which they are financing with a 40-year “mod” set at an artificially-low, fixed interest rate of ~2% (with possible “loan forgiveness” now or in the future)! What gives THEM the right to park their Mercedes in the driveway (which they purchased with their ill-gotten “home equity” obtained on a mortgage against “their” home which they quickly defaulted upon)? And why is this so when that home is still, to this day, wa-a-ay out of their league, considering that their income today isn’t much more (or is actually less) than it was when they took out their ill-fated mortgage? Many in this group actually consider themselves “victims of the `foreclosure crisis'” because they were in danger of losing their homes!! Whose fault was that? There are still a LOT of these home”owners” around!
Then we have millions of “former students” who have been working in the profession they majored in in college for one to even three decades who have repeatedly consolidated their loans and even defaulted on them, yet own luxury vehicles and real estate and had kids all the while paying little or nothing on their student debt. Now they’re crying “victim” because their student loan creditors and Sallie Mae are hounding them and attempting garnishments on their salaries with thousands in interest and penalties added to their (now aged) debt. Um, what did they expect? Some of these student debtors (who obtained a degree in middle age) are now 50-65 years old! Why does THIS group believe they are somehow “exempt” from paying for their education while others paid as they went thru college or paid off their student loans as soon as possible after graduation? Why is it everyone else’s fault that many of these SL debtors can’t get good jobs because they majored in the “wrong field” or didn’t finish college? And if they couldn’t “afford” an expensive, private school, why did they choose to attend one??
And being a gubment “retiree,” I’ve seen the absolutely devastating effects of the “illegal alien” problem up-close and personal in CA for the past 3+ decades. Since this group is “assisted” by state govm’t thru primarily “unfunded mandates,” their presence has been driving our hospitals, cities, counties and state coffers into the ground. I’m well aware that a very large percentage of our state prison inmates happen to be “illegal aliens,” costing CA a fortune to feed and house. I am also of the (correct) belief that they are taking up many thousands of public school seats (in SD and Imperial Counties) as well as thousands of seats in CA CC’s (hundreds of seats in CA’s public universities). Their tuition is mostly ALL paid for by CA and Federal taxpayers whose OWN children could be denied attendance/admission at same schools and institutions due to “impaction.”
I’ve tried to assist a lot of people over the years (in an effort to help them recover from their stupidity) and have heard so many “victim” stories that I’ve become immune to it. It seems a significant portion of the able-bodied adult population today considers themselves a “victim” of some sort who needs a “bailout” because the MSM (and the internet) are constantly hawking various forms of gubment “bailouts” to Joe and Jane 6p. I think this pervasive “victim” culture was brought on by the existence of the “bailout programs” invented and administered by the Federal Govm’t under a Dem-controlled Congress and presidency.
Yeah, I feel Trump (with the help of “experts” in the field) can reform a lot of the US Homeland security policies and procedures and also successfully repeal/replace the ACA (although this may take a little longer). I feel he will also bring back a significant amount of living-wage jobs to US soil which will eventually lift all boats and rid us of this pervasive sense of “victimhood” among America’s able-bodied adults.
He’s the only candidate willing to tackle these thorny issues. I actually AM a Dem at heart but feel that the Dem-controlled Congress in combination with a Dem president has royally screwed up a lot of things for honest American citizens who played “by the rules” and created (unwittingly or not), a pervasive “victim culture” among many Americans.
I feel it is now time for a change … even for just 8 years. There is so much reform needed at all levels of govm’t but the presidency is a good place to start and Hill (w/her longtime “partner in crime,” Bill, in the background [pun intended]) isn’t going to address any of these pressing issues.
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