Can Obama and friends get the ship turned around?
#4
Posted 09 April 2009 - 10:28 PM
#6
Posted 09 April 2009 - 10:46 PM
What makes those "cities" even more mind boggling is that its not poor people living in them. Local news had a special about these a couple weeks ago(there's a tent city in Sacramento). People assume that its welfare mothers who spent their check on too much crack and got thrown out in the streets. Nope. Its people who owned $250,000-$750,000 homes when the collapse occurred. They went from living in luxury dining on caviar to eating pork and beans out of the can at the drop of a hat.Those tent cities are amazing, in an extremely depressing way. It makes me thankful for every little effin thing I've got.
This is what I mean by no "middle ground" existing anymore. This crisis never would have occurred in the 50s-80s because there was a real economy in place. Lose your insanely paying job and risk losing your house? No worries. Simply go get a job at a factory making 15-20 bucks an hour and you'll stay afloat. Cant do that anymore. Chico and Yan has those jobs in Mexico and China, so you get to live in a tent instead.
#7
Posted 09 April 2009 - 10:48 PM
People assume that its welfare mothers who spent their check on too much crack and got thrown out in the streets. Nope. Its people who owned $250,000-$750,000 homes when the collapse occurred. They went from living in luxury dining on caviar to eating pork and beans out of the can at the drop of a hat.
I don't know that I'd call those living in $250K homes the luxury and caviar crowd (or $750K, in Cali).
#8
Posted 09 April 2009 - 10:52 PM
Doesn't disprove my point. I've eaten caviar and I don't even own a home.People assume that its welfare mothers who spent their check on too much crack and got thrown out in the streets. Nope. Its people who owned $250,000-$750,000 homes when the collapse occurred. They went from living in luxury dining on caviar to eating pork and beans out of the can at the drop of a hat.
I don't know that I'd call those living in $250K homes the luxury and caviar crowd (or $750K, in Cali).
Lets call them the "Grey Poupon" crowd for this discussion.
#9
Posted 09 April 2009 - 11:11 PM
#12
Posted 11 April 2009 - 02:24 PM
I'm not American but I am hopeful for you peeps!Went with 18 - 24 months. Though I think it will start in more like 12.
That's one thing I don't recall hearing about, our hat! How are things up there???
#14
Posted 11 April 2009 - 02:34 PM
same old same old..just a bunch of Obama lovers
hahaha, what do you expect from a group of socialists!
So seriously though, economy is same or what? Our economic collapse has not had a ripple effect at all?
#15
Posted 11 April 2009 - 02:57 PM
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