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PKMAN
Participant1. We are too globally synergized to go back to the old protectionism way. Food is about the only thing we can still find relatively easily that’s still made in USA. Think Harley Davidson is all USA? I’d bet you that there’s got a be some kind of foam, chrome, steel, plastic or other parts that are from China. The fact is, most American products and services are no longer purely made in USA.
2. If buying American means spending more money and more time (time=money) find these items, who’s going to compensate us? Would our employers give us a raise for buying American? Would our gov’t give us a tax break for it? Money that could’ve been saved to go to vacation, buy a nicer car or send kids to college are now been tapped into just to buy American. How would that benefit Disney World, Chevy or SDSU?
3. I remember buying my 1997 Honda Civic EX (made in Ohio) for $13,500 and selling it in 2004 for $7,000. Had I bought a similarly-priced/equipped Ford Focus, Dodge Neon or Chevy Cavalier, I would not even been able to get $5,000. So for some of the posters that argued what’s wrong with buying American-branded car (that could be made in Mexico or Canada), what’s wrong is that you’ll get less than 50% of the original value in less than 5 year, whereas at least my Honda kept more than 50% even after nearly 7 years. It might be nothing but perception nowadays that give Honda and Toyota superior resale value over the Big Three but whose fault is that?
The problems with American trade imbalances are too deep and too complicated for us casual bloggers to fully comprehend, and certainly not something that a “don’t buy Chinese” internet campaign can fix.
Participant1. We are too globally synergized to go back to the old protectionism way. Food is about the only thing we can still find relatively easily that’s still made in USA. Think Harley Davidson is all USA? I’d bet you that there’s got a be some kind of foam, chrome, steel, plastic or other parts that are from China. The fact is, most American products and services are no longer purely made in USA.
2. If buying American means spending more money and more time (time=money) find these items, who’s going to compensate us? Would our employers give us a raise for buying American? Would our gov’t give us a tax break for it? Money that could’ve been saved to go to vacation, buy a nicer car or send kids to college are now been tapped into just to buy American. How would that benefit Disney World, Chevy or SDSU?
3. I remember buying my 1997 Honda Civic EX (made in Ohio) for $13,500 and selling it in 2004 for $7,000. Had I bought a similarly-priced/equipped Ford Focus, Dodge Neon or Chevy Cavalier, I would not even been able to get $5,000. So for some of the posters that argued what’s wrong with buying American-branded car (that could be made in Mexico or Canada), what’s wrong is that you’ll get less than 50% of the original value in less than 5 year, whereas at least my Honda kept more than 50% even after nearly 7 years. It might be nothing but perception nowadays that give Honda and Toyota superior resale value over the Big Three but whose fault is that?
The problems with American trade imbalances are too deep and too complicated for us casual bloggers to fully comprehend, and certainly not something that a “don’t buy Chinese” internet campaign can fix.
Participant1. We are too globally synergized to go back to the old protectionism way. Food is about the only thing we can still find relatively easily that’s still made in USA. Think Harley Davidson is all USA? I’d bet you that there’s got a be some kind of foam, chrome, steel, plastic or other parts that are from China. The fact is, most American products and services are no longer purely made in USA.
2. If buying American means spending more money and more time (time=money) find these items, who’s going to compensate us? Would our employers give us a raise for buying American? Would our gov’t give us a tax break for it? Money that could’ve been saved to go to vacation, buy a nicer car or send kids to college are now been tapped into just to buy American. How would that benefit Disney World, Chevy or SDSU?
3. I remember buying my 1997 Honda Civic EX (made in Ohio) for $13,500 and selling it in 2004 for $7,000. Had I bought a similarly-priced/equipped Ford Focus, Dodge Neon or Chevy Cavalier, I would not even been able to get $5,000. So for some of the posters that argued what’s wrong with buying American-branded car (that could be made in Mexico or Canada), what’s wrong is that you’ll get less than 50% of the original value in less than 5 year, whereas at least my Honda kept more than 50% even after nearly 7 years. It might be nothing but perception nowadays that give Honda and Toyota superior resale value over the Big Three but whose fault is that?
The problems with American trade imbalances are too deep and too complicated for us casual bloggers to fully comprehend, and certainly not something that a “don’t buy Chinese” internet campaign can fix.
Participant1. We are too globally synergized to go back to the old protectionism way. Food is about the only thing we can still find relatively easily that’s still made in USA. Think Harley Davidson is all USA? I’d bet you that there’s got a be some kind of foam, chrome, steel, plastic or other parts that are from China. The fact is, most American products and services are no longer purely made in USA.
2. If buying American means spending more money and more time (time=money) find these items, who’s going to compensate us? Would our employers give us a raise for buying American? Would our gov’t give us a tax break for it? Money that could’ve been saved to go to vacation, buy a nicer car or send kids to college are now been tapped into just to buy American. How would that benefit Disney World, Chevy or SDSU?
3. I remember buying my 1997 Honda Civic EX (made in Ohio) for $13,500 and selling it in 2004 for $7,000. Had I bought a similarly-priced/equipped Ford Focus, Dodge Neon or Chevy Cavalier, I would not even been able to get $5,000. So for some of the posters that argued what’s wrong with buying American-branded car (that could be made in Mexico or Canada), what’s wrong is that you’ll get less than 50% of the original value in less than 5 year, whereas at least my Honda kept more than 50% even after nearly 7 years. It might be nothing but perception nowadays that give Honda and Toyota superior resale value over the Big Three but whose fault is that?
The problems with American trade imbalances are too deep and too complicated for us casual bloggers to fully comprehend, and certainly not something that a “don’t buy Chinese” internet campaign can fix.
ParticipantI believe the tax code is clear enough.
Firstly, you can’t say that “…my property value has not increased and may actually decrease in the near future…therefore my MR should be tax deductible…”. It doesn’t work that way.
Secondly, public facilities (library, park, school, etc.) built using the MR money is typically intended mostly for residences of that particular community, not all San Diegans. I, living in Santee, would not send my kids to school in SEH, would not have a casual pick nick at De Sur’s park and would not be checking books from 4S Ranch’s library. These facilities are enjoyed almost exclusively by the residences of these master planned communities.
Where I live (Riverwalk of Santee), YMCA and city-owned sports park are just across the street. Nearby schools & libraries are for all residences of Santee. The community is not so far away as to needing a lot of infrastructure improvement to be connected to the city. Thus it’s one of the very few large new housing community in Santee that doesn’t have MR.
ParticipantI believe the tax code is clear enough.
Firstly, you can’t say that “…my property value has not increased and may actually decrease in the near future…therefore my MR should be tax deductible…”. It doesn’t work that way.
Secondly, public facilities (library, park, school, etc.) built using the MR money is typically intended mostly for residences of that particular community, not all San Diegans. I, living in Santee, would not send my kids to school in SEH, would not have a casual pick nick at De Sur’s park and would not be checking books from 4S Ranch’s library. These facilities are enjoyed almost exclusively by the residences of these master planned communities.
Where I live (Riverwalk of Santee), YMCA and city-owned sports park are just across the street. Nearby schools & libraries are for all residences of Santee. The community is not so far away as to needing a lot of infrastructure improvement to be connected to the city. Thus it’s one of the very few large new housing community in Santee that doesn’t have MR.
ParticipantI believe the tax code is clear enough.
Firstly, you can’t say that “…my property value has not increased and may actually decrease in the near future…therefore my MR should be tax deductible…”. It doesn’t work that way.
Secondly, public facilities (library, park, school, etc.) built using the MR money is typically intended mostly for residences of that particular community, not all San Diegans. I, living in Santee, would not send my kids to school in SEH, would not have a casual pick nick at De Sur’s park and would not be checking books from 4S Ranch’s library. These facilities are enjoyed almost exclusively by the residences of these master planned communities.
Where I live (Riverwalk of Santee), YMCA and city-owned sports park are just across the street. Nearby schools & libraries are for all residences of Santee. The community is not so far away as to needing a lot of infrastructure improvement to be connected to the city. Thus it’s one of the very few large new housing community in Santee that doesn’t have MR.
ParticipantI believe the tax code is clear enough.
Firstly, you can’t say that “…my property value has not increased and may actually decrease in the near future…therefore my MR should be tax deductible…”. It doesn’t work that way.
Secondly, public facilities (library, park, school, etc.) built using the MR money is typically intended mostly for residences of that particular community, not all San Diegans. I, living in Santee, would not send my kids to school in SEH, would not have a casual pick nick at De Sur’s park and would not be checking books from 4S Ranch’s library. These facilities are enjoyed almost exclusively by the residences of these master planned communities.
Where I live (Riverwalk of Santee), YMCA and city-owned sports park are just across the street. Nearby schools & libraries are for all residences of Santee. The community is not so far away as to needing a lot of infrastructure improvement to be connected to the city. Thus it’s one of the very few large new housing community in Santee that doesn’t have MR.
ParticipantI believe the tax code is clear enough.
Firstly, you can’t say that “…my property value has not increased and may actually decrease in the near future…therefore my MR should be tax deductible…”. It doesn’t work that way.
Secondly, public facilities (library, park, school, etc.) built using the MR money is typically intended mostly for residences of that particular community, not all San Diegans. I, living in Santee, would not send my kids to school in SEH, would not have a casual pick nick at De Sur’s park and would not be checking books from 4S Ranch’s library. These facilities are enjoyed almost exclusively by the residences of these master planned communities.
Where I live (Riverwalk of Santee), YMCA and city-owned sports park are just across the street. Nearby schools & libraries are for all residences of Santee. The community is not so far away as to needing a lot of infrastructure improvement to be connected to the city. Thus it’s one of the very few large new housing community in Santee that doesn’t have MR.
ParticipantAs my HOA explains:
No car-washing is because the water, along with chemicals from the soap detergent would simply drip to the storm drain and eventually get to our ocean, untreated. This I somewhat understand and support.
No parking on driveway if the length of the driveway is less than that of the car. HOA does not want the car to extend out to the sidewalk. But then again, most driveways in the community are less than 15 feet, OK for small cars, barely adequate for mid-size and simply aren’t sufficient for full-size and pickups. And yes, most families have garage full of stuffs and thus could only park one car in it, or none at all. This is one rule that most residences will not support and thus everybody’s ignoring it so far.
ParticipantAs my HOA explains:
No car-washing is because the water, along with chemicals from the soap detergent would simply drip to the storm drain and eventually get to our ocean, untreated. This I somewhat understand and support.
No parking on driveway if the length of the driveway is less than that of the car. HOA does not want the car to extend out to the sidewalk. But then again, most driveways in the community are less than 15 feet, OK for small cars, barely adequate for mid-size and simply aren’t sufficient for full-size and pickups. And yes, most families have garage full of stuffs and thus could only park one car in it, or none at all. This is one rule that most residences will not support and thus everybody’s ignoring it so far.
ParticipantAs my HOA explains:
No car-washing is because the water, along with chemicals from the soap detergent would simply drip to the storm drain and eventually get to our ocean, untreated. This I somewhat understand and support.
No parking on driveway if the length of the driveway is less than that of the car. HOA does not want the car to extend out to the sidewalk. But then again, most driveways in the community are less than 15 feet, OK for small cars, barely adequate for mid-size and simply aren’t sufficient for full-size and pickups. And yes, most families have garage full of stuffs and thus could only park one car in it, or none at all. This is one rule that most residences will not support and thus everybody’s ignoring it so far.
ParticipantAs my HOA explains:
No car-washing is because the water, along with chemicals from the soap detergent would simply drip to the storm drain and eventually get to our ocean, untreated. This I somewhat understand and support.
No parking on driveway if the length of the driveway is less than that of the car. HOA does not want the car to extend out to the sidewalk. But then again, most driveways in the community are less than 15 feet, OK for small cars, barely adequate for mid-size and simply aren’t sufficient for full-size and pickups. And yes, most families have garage full of stuffs and thus could only park one car in it, or none at all. This is one rule that most residences will not support and thus everybody’s ignoring it so far.
ParticipantAs my HOA explains:
No car-washing is because the water, along with chemicals from the soap detergent would simply drip to the storm drain and eventually get to our ocean, untreated. This I somewhat understand and support.
No parking on driveway if the length of the driveway is less than that of the car. HOA does not want the car to extend out to the sidewalk. But then again, most driveways in the community are less than 15 feet, OK for small cars, barely adequate for mid-size and simply aren’t sufficient for full-size and pickups. And yes, most families have garage full of stuffs and thus could only park one car in it, or none at all. This is one rule that most residences will not support and thus everybody’s ignoring it so far.
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