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I could see the 50 year thing working maybe as a homesteading type thing, commit to being part of the community for your life and get massive discounts on your house because you're invested in the place not going to shit
if I was just heading out from my parents that would be a tempting way to stay in town
So many people have to move around for work these days; what's the point of a fifty year mortgage for a house in a town completely bereft of your industry? Other than tradespeople, medical people, and lawyers, who gets to basically set up shop wherever they want? It all makes little sense to me.
 
So many people have to move around for work these days; what's the point of a fifty year mortgage for a house in a town completely bereft of your industry? Other than tradespeople, medical people, and lawyers, who gets to basically set up shop wherever they want? It all makes little sense to me.
yeah I'm not saying my spitball ide a is perfect (or anything related to whatever trump's on about) but I think there are ways this could be useful to hit a lot of issues at once
and for your idea, I'm growing up under this plan, I now know if I learn a trade that is needed I can stay anywhere, and don't get a degree in intersectional muppet fluffing
 
20 year olds aren't buying houses and the average lifespan for an American man is 75, when a significant percentage of people won't outlive their mortgage something has gone terribly wrong.
Yeah but with the way modern medicine is now they should be able to keep you alive juuuust long enough to pay that house off.
 
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Inflation is a reaction to either; fewer goods, more money, or higher demand. if he prints the money then there will be inflation. If he takes money from the tariffs and redirects it to somewhere else then there wouldn't be inflation. Paying off the debt would be stupid. It would destroy the economy.
Right. He's in a stagflation trap and is doing everything he can to avoid calling it for what it is. He passed the BBB in order to spend, and spend he is. I agree no one in his circle is stupid enough to balance the budget, but they also seem determined to not even get it close to do a balancing act either. No that Dems got close either. But I would be skeptical of calling the amount of money collected from the tariffs as being anywhere near a figure he could direct anywhere that would have a meaningful impact on inflation if he disbursed it. The amount collected is always less than the impact on consumers, so even 100% distribution could not offset the inflationary nature of tariffs.

He's doing several things all at once that are working against each other, something has to give. And it's going to happen shortly.
 
Yeah but with the way modern medicine is now they should be able to keep you alive juuuust long enough to pay that house off.
Actually for like the first time in 50 years life expectancy in the U.S and other first workd countries is actually declining rn, it shouldn't be but it is.

Mass third world immigration, jeet doctors, and the general enshittification of every single industry are possible factors.
 
I'm wholly convinced now that the majority of companies are doing the same shit that sunk Enron.
I think you're absolutely correct. The lesson learned from Enron wasn't "don't do mark-to-market accounting and SPEs", it was "don't do it like that".

I am getting moderately upset now, enoughs enough.

Shit or get off the pot you putzes, if this lasts another week I'm going to shift over to "Listen here buddy"
Be very careful. It's a slippery slope from that to "Alright, bucko".
 
Right. He's in a stagflation trap and is doing everything he can to avoid calling it for what it is. He passed the BBB in order to spend, and spend he is. I agree no one in his circle is stupid enough to balance the budget, but they also seem determined to not even get it close to do a balancing act either. No that Dems got close either. But I would be skeptical of calling the amount of money collected from the tariffs as being anywhere near a figure he could direct anywhere that would have a meaningful impact on inflation if he disbursed it. The amount collected is always less than the impact on consumers, so even 100% distribution could not offset the inflationary nature of tariffs.

He's doing several things all at once that are working against each other, something has to give. And it's going to happen shortly.
Still pretending to be American I see

Why would a Jeet in the uk do this
 
MAGA doesn't like that attitude though. Every Trump policy has to be total genius that completely works the way it's intended even when reality generates the opposite effect. Like Trump's ceasefire in Palestine that went up in smoke in a few days or TACOing out when tariffing China over rare earths only to be met with China deciding to buy soybeans from everywhere else.

Watch this comment get negrates for being mildly critical.
I'm rating your post 'dumb' for pre-emptively whining about 'negrates'.
 
has gone up in value 30%
I don't see how a ruined home that has had 0 maintenance done in a decade would go up in value. The land itself might go up in value, but after the uncleaned gutters spill water down the side of the house for years, rotting out the wall, and the clogged sewer backs up into the basement causing more rot and smell, I don't think that "renter" tier ownership is going to allow equity to build.
 
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i cant believe people even get mortgages
i look at the amount of interest you pay on a 30 year at a rock bottom rate and it makes my blood boil
just live with your parents or family and save your money you dunces
oh and get a real fucking career
Not all of us have the luxury of being born into the Qing dynasty
 
Why bother with the means testing? There's a lot fewer high income people than low income people, so the total expenditure will be relatively small, and they're the ones who actually pay taxes.
Because the IRS already has a list of people and how much income they report having, so it's real easy?
 
Right. He's in a stagflation trap and is doing everything he can to avoid calling it for what it is. He passed the BBB in order to spend, and spend he is. I agree no one in his circle is stupid enough to balance the budget, but they also seem determined to not even get it close to do a balancing act either. No that Dems got close either. But I would be skeptical of calling the amount of money collected from the tariffs as being anywhere near a figure he could direct anywhere that would have a meaningful impact on inflation if he disbursed it. The amount collected is always less than the impact on consumers, so even 100% distribution could not offset the inflationary nature of tariffs.

He's doing several things all at once that are working against each other, something has to give. And it's going to happen shortly.
Thank you for giving me a reason to dust off an old favorite, you stupid fuck.

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it's early and i'm pretty well known for being a fuckign retard, but how hard would it be to make a mortgage transferable? Like say you are some young couple, looking to have a couple kids and want to buy a nice place you can grow into. How hard would it be to put some system into place that says you can transfer to your kid when they get to be in the same position in 25 years or so? This is completely ignoring the stupidity of 50 years of interest, but wouldn't it allow you to get a much bigger/more expensive house though?

I hate the idea of a 50 year mortgage, fuck that dumb shit, but just sort of thinking around the edges of it a little bit.
 
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