US US Politics General 2: Hope Edition - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

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Because most people consider a house to be a lifetime investment, they want to build a nice house that they think will be worth more in the future.
I think this is a major problem. Housing should at best maintain value relative to inflation, baring further investment (a fence, pool, out building etc.) Realistically housing would decrease in value without that investment regardless of how well it is built.
Local laws making building permits expensive and safety regulations requiring more expensive components, materials, etc. add to the costs.
permitting is a nightmare and needs to be reformed. Safety regulations tend to pay for themselves over time.
Trump succeeding in deporting millions of illegals is going to help considerably with housing prices because we aren't using up as much of the supply housing people who don't belong here.
I agree 100%. However, that doesn't mean over financialization won't cause problems in the future of real estate.
 
Enjoy the sequel: the woke generation, now with extra boomers!
A lot of the hippies turned into Yuppies eventually. idk if the woke will turn into anything useful. Some of them will get their heads out of their asses and turn into productive members of society. but the others will just be like the chronically homeless.
 
A lot of the hippies turned into Yuppies eventually. idk if the woke will turn into anything useful. Some of them will get their heads out of their asses and turn into productive members of society. but the others will just be like the chronically homeless.
The woke generation are going to become corporate security goons.
 
Trump succeeding in deporting millions of illegals is going to help considerably with housing prices because we aren't using up as much of the supply housing people who don't belong here. Since we'll also be spending fewer tax dollars on paying to house those illegals, the tax payer will have more money in their pocket with which they can purchase a home.
That’s all well and good, but the people that create the onerous regulations that prevent new housing starts on the local level should still be stung up from lampposts by their ankles and beaten with sticks until they knuckle under.

It’s a problem that can be solved on both ends, kick out the illegal aliens that are draining resources and creating a shadow job market that no citizen can compete with on one hand, bringing NIMBY faggots to heel on the other.

It’s the best scenario to bring the housing market back under control. Aforementioned NIMBY neighborcattle will scream and drag their feet crying about housing valuations and equity, but that’s what the sticks are for.
 
I think this is a major problem. Housing should at best maintain value relative to inflation, baring further investment (a fence, pool, out building etc.) Realistically housing would decrease in value without that investment regardless of how well it is built.

permitting is a nightmare and needs to be reformed. Safety regulations tend to pay for themselves over time.

I agree 100%. However, that doesn't mean over financialization won't cause problems in the future of real estate.
During covid there was a shortage of building supplies now there is a shortage of skilled labor. Many industries exist that women are too lazy to do yet refuse to pay higher wages to compensate. I blame feminism.
 
Realistically housing would decrease in value without that investment regardless of how well it is built.
This is how it works in Japan. It's a really good deal for the construction industry and for land owners (important if you live in an apartment), but not such a good deal for anybody else.
 
Dude I fucking hate that these shitty gimmick X accounts have like 20 million followers and make 10k a month.

Meanwhile I make better quips here for free.
That's the price of trying to appeal to people with an inner monologue. But hey, atleast your impressions are real
 
Boomers still believe in the infallibility and credibility of institutions like media, academia, legal system. Basically if the television hates Trump that must mean he's bad.
Slight PL but (apart from the maxim of Don't Talk Politics With Your Family) one of the main reasons I don't talk to my father about some things is he has exactly that; an inbuilt belief that the institutions are Good™, that any decision made by a governing body or an institution of power had a good reason behind it, because he himself makes decisions with good reasoning when in postitions of power. It's a selective theory of mind blindness where an otherwise smart man has no pattern recognition, and can rage against how an institution makes a terrible decision or some agency-wide corruption or poisonous ideology story drops in the media and then the next day have unshakeable, unexamined faith in the decision-making processes of it and that the people in it are making good decisions for good reasons. It's frustrating.
 
During covid there was a shortage of building supplies now there is a shortage of skilled labor. Many industries exist that women are too lazy to do yet refuse to pay higher wages to compensate. I blame feminism.
Not to mention building regulations and permits are worse than ever. The housing crisis has an really simple fix realistically, just gut all regulations to bare minimum on a federal level, and streamline all the paperwork. That would allow much more people to just build their own houses, which many would be willing to do, but just can't cause wall of paperwork and bureaucracy put in place, just so big development companies could earn more by forcing you to buy mexican handmade made houses, built from the cheapest materials, with tiny yards, at outrageous prices
 
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