Can't afford your house? Here is an easy fix, let taxpayers do it.

[cheerfulgreek]

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I don't disagree. The problem is, that at some point, you can't have a neighborhood with 30% abandoned homes either. That's what causes property taxes to go up right as property values go down! That's the main problem in Arizona and Florida right now. Remember also that Obama isn't the only one throwing money at the problem. That all started with the Republicans and George Bush. No one wants to hear that but it bears repeating because it is true. The economy has so little to do with the government, and all the government can really do is keep citizens from falling off the edge without pushing the country into complete bankruptcy. This is an easy program to criticize, but where are you going to really cut the budget? Military spending? We're in the middle of two wars! Unemployement? We have 10% unemployment and the job market is just starting to show minimal signs of improvement. Medicare? Do you really want the AARP after your ass? The deficit is nice to cry about, but remember that both sides had an even hand in running it up and a recession is not the time to worry about paying it down.

This makes sense, but we're in two wars we don't need to be involved in. You can't win a war on terror. We're fighting an ideal not a war. How do you win that? You can't. And then we're trying to set up a puppet government in Iraq.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

This makes sense, but we're in two wars we don't need to be involved in. You can't win a war on terror. We're fighting an ideal not a war. How do you win that? You can't. And then we're trying to set up a puppet government in Iraq.

Amen, sister! I don't think anyone has figured out how to get us out of there gracefully without looking like we are leaving people to die, women to be suppressed and countries to fall under the rule of repressive, terrorist regimes. But that's an argument for a different thread!

BTW, quoting is totally FUBAR!

[cheerfulgreek]

[QUOTE=AOII Angel;1927834]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Amen, sister! I don't think anyone has figured out how to get us out of there gracefully without looking like we are leaving people to die, women to be suppressed and countries to fall under the rule of repressive, terrorist regimes. But that's an argument for a different thread!

BTW, quoting is totally FUBAR!

lol lol
I don't know how it got this way. Hilarious!