How can a cheap American buy a HOUSE in the 1st. World ?

hmmm
zMaybe solution is lifetime terms for presidents same as supreme court justices. He could ignore politics and concentrate on job. i think it could work. if we had a bad president, he'd just have a short life.

 

That pretty much hits the spot , kinda like I was trying to get over.

But thats America, all star spangled and banners with marching bands.

As long as you ride into town like that you will do well.

But your right no one man can fix it but they will tell you they can.

Whats the bet they will do it again ---and again.

I cant believe that they go for it, time after time while the banksters turn and laugh.

 

Oh, come off it. At work I get paid exactly the same as everyone else with the same job, have the same duties, and follow the same rules.

I represent my fellow union members on my own time, and get paid $25.00 a month for doing it. Some elitist I am....

I love the way people latch onto the fashionable political insult of the day. And I think its especially hilarious that Newt Gingrich is the one who's running around popularizing the term 'elitist.' That would be the same Newt who's famous for saying stuff like this:

•“I have enormous personal ambition. I want to shift the entire planet. And I’m doing it. I am now a famous person. I represent real power.”

•“Gingrich primary mission: Advocate of civilization, definer of civilization, teacher of the rules of civilization, leader of the civilizing forces.” Describing himself.

•“It doesn’t matter what I do. People need to hear what I have to say. There’s no one else who can say what I can say. It doesn’t matter what I live.”

 

People need to start looking at the real issues and the whole slate of congressmen and senators, local and state politicians. One problem is that people don't agree on most things. Healthcare. Wellfare. Government jobs. Economic Policy. Foreign Policy. The "big show" is the presidency every 4 years and the party red and blue banners. It's American Idol for the masses to feel good about hitting their button. All the complex issues are reduced into something people can advertise.

 

Dont you think it would be better if they had but the one term. Instead of spending the first trying to get lined up for the second meaning an entire term of bullshine , if they had but the one they would get down to it and think of their performance either for the good of USA or their legacy which is a craving that most politicians have.

Bush always worried about his legacy --he has one, but not the one he expected, neither does Clinton or--

 

And limit the campaign time. It's a waste of hot air and natural gas.

 

Crikey thats scary stuff,--seriously.

Especially the last one.

How do you top that except to say --I am god , there is only one god.

I know not of these people you speak of but those quotes will stay with me for the rest of the day.

Why did you give up assassination anyway? It was very popular at one time.

 

I'll argue that much of that area never really did belong to the 'Mexican people.' It was claimed from the Indians by the Spaniards, and Mexico's government claimed it from Spain when it won its independence. But Mexico never really did much of anything to prove its claim.... didn't settle it, didn't develop it, didn't defend it, etc.

Are you aware that when Texas broke away from Mexico, a significant number of the Texans fighting for independence were Tejanos -- Texans of Spanish/Mexican descent?

 

I agree.

 

Pure baloney. If you want to see someone who spent money, check out what Nancy Reagan spent.

 

Again, baloney. Our entire Constitution is a series of compromises.

The Great Compromise (also known as the Connecticut Compromise) was the one which resolved the differences between the Virginia Plan, which was based on giving states representation according to their population, and the New Jersey Plan that proposed equal representation for each state. That's how we wound up with both a Senate and a House of representatives....

The Commerce Compromise gave the government power to lay tariffs on imports (to protect the North's industry), but not on exports (to protect the South's agricultural trade).

The Electoral College was a compromise, betweeen those who wanted the President popularly elected and those who wanted the President to be chosen by the Senates of the individual state,.

So on and so forth; you wouldn't have gotten very far telling Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson that compromise is a dirty word.

 

A good start. Thanks Hoytedow.

If you rent, you are building no equity.
And saving money assumes you can find rent lower than a mortgage payment. A 30-year mortgage is lower than monthly rent here.

 

Originally Posted by hoytedow
If you destroy the Constitution, the framework collapses and the laws descend into even greater tyranny.quote

Mighty fine words there Mister, could you type a sentence or 2 on why you think that.

The constitution is laws or at least rules to make laws on, how complicated would you like it. Not all countries are based on this method, infact I don't know another.

What about laws for a reason rather than tradition.

 

Before I vote for crazy Newt, I'd vote for Obama again. Uh! I'm feeling ill. Need to lay down.


Before I got an officers license, I was usually ships chairman for the seamens union. Pay? Free dues, $8 saved each month. Headaches? Too many. Thankless job. my sympathies

 

Buying a house is the best hedge against inflation. I bought a 2 story 3 bedroom house for $10k in 1970. Payments including escrow for taxes and isurance, $100 a month. It was difficult because I was making $16 a day as a deckhand.

The years passed. Rent went up everywhere. That house was paid for in 1990.
I sold it for $50k