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ParticipantA cyclical recession with already low rates and markets jaded about QE would be a nice opportunity…
ParticipantI would respectfully disagree on this one, seems that housing tends to go up more during republican administrations at least during the last 30 years.
We also had a beautiful crash during Bush II. Obama seems to want housing for everyone, as evidenced by his appointment of Mel Watt to the FHFA chair. Vs Ed DeMarco, who actually had some business sense instead a political agenda of getting rubes to buy houses.
ParticipantAnd vote GOP next election, since they seem to be less into helping mugs who got in over their heads as far as housing.
ParticipantTime Warner without TV/phone is under $40/mo for a decent connection.
ParticipantWhat’s wrong with over-the-air TV, NetFlix, and a few of your favorite bootleg sites? That’s under $10/month.
What do you need on sat that can’t be streamed or watched with a good, old-fashioned HDTV antenna? (Recommend the Mohu Leaf series.)
I’ve never paid for TV service (other than for a tenant) in my life.
ParticipantBikes are more fun than cages anyway.
ParticipantJalopnik answer to all is the Miata…
Miata, FR-S, and Alfa 4c are the only sports cars in the US that aren’t overweight, over-featured barrels of pigfat.
You can get rollbars for pre-2005 Miatas quite easily if you track it or are generally a fearful wuss.
ParticipantBuy a more fun car like an early-gen Miata (or a motorcycle), keep the daily driver. Best of both worlds…
ParticipantDonald Trump — a buffoon who just insulted 40% of his city, including a lot of his employees? I also personally know people in the building business who have subcontracted for him and been stiffed.
NY burbs are somewhat cheaper than San Diego burbs. And really, no one will care what you drive as long as it’s in halfway decent shape.
ParticipantMost people have finite resources; and isn’t “leaving the rat race” another word for retirement, slowing down and spending less? Retirees become stagnant, start clipping coupons and finding early bird dinners because they need to conserve cash.
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Some people are OK with driving old cars, and having old stuff, but that’s not the American way.Nope — leaving the rat race is another term for doing what you want to, finding a rewarding job with time flexibility (say teaching) vs working for big corp 60 hours a week. (Though flu seems to have the time-management thing down.)
As far as the American way, who cares? Though I’m not sure it isn’t. I know plenty of Northeastern Jews and WASPS who drive older cars, haven’t replaced their TV in a decade and a half, and still make good money. Priorities are just different than in CA. Less show, more go.
e.g. the somewhat well-known cardiologist who still has a kitchen straight out of the 60s and drives a 90s Volvo.
ParticipantA low interest rate environment does not make it easy to leave the rat race and feeling secure.
If one has income from property which is essentially inflation-indexed, why not? That’s what flu seems to have.
If you have a nice house that’s costing you little, money in the bank, paid-off cars, money/time enough for hobbies/learning/travel, and a rewarding line of work (even if less lucrative), what more do you need out of life?
If someone doesn’t wish to associate with you because you don’t have the latest 4k TV, a brand new phone or tablet, or this year’s leased car, f’em. Greedy superficial asshats are not the kind of people whom you should be relating to. Best they show their true colors earlier vs later.
Besides, if you slow down and work reasonable hours, you’ll actually have time for human relationships. The smart ones might appreciate that.
ParticipantGet a “nice beater” with good MPG for $5 grand and screw supporting autoworkers and dealers.
ParticipantIf every voter thinks that way, then we’ll end up with another Wall St./security-state/military pimp like Hillary.
ParticipantSanders all the way!
He’s a native born New Yorker, as much as a Vermonter. He might go hard on China (which doesn’t play by the same environmental rules as we do, so that’s fair). But he’s also likely to be in favor of returning the border suckurity nonsense to pre-9/11 levels.
Vermont is a border state. Quite a few towns (even buildings) in Vermont straddle the international border, and Vermonters have been royally pissed off by the tightening and level of harassment since 9/11. And rightly so.
Also, he’s for weakening the security/surveillance/military-parasite state. When choosing liberties in the US vs caring about the Chinese economy and importation of more unneeded crap to the US, I’ll choose the former. And I find open movement of people with minimal questioning and harassment to be much more important than free movement of cheap plastic Chinese trinkets and electronics.
Individual rights. Not big-corporate rights. I really don’t give a rat’s ass about Apple’s right to make iPads using Chinese “slave” labor in some polluted pesthole and import them to the US at a 300% markup. Hillary is another Wall Street darling. Yeah, yeah. Free trade makes us richer. But I for one would rather have a more just society than a wealthier one.
Hillary has carpetbagged to NY State and has to appear more New Yorker than one that was born here. So she needs to wave the “9/11, security, rah-rah-rah, never forget” flag forever. Plus she needs to make up for allegations of impropriety in Benghazi by appearing “tough on terror.”
And lastly, a Jewish president would be able to stand up to the Israeli government and their lobbies without being accused of anti-Semitism. Both self-professed Christians and senators from NY are unlikely to be able to do so.
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