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(Anecdote follows:)House hunting this weekend, I was surprised at how few of those selling their homes really were that motivated. Prices are still too high, and I didn't see one single home that had been freshly painted (A relatively EASY and inexpensive home improvement (when compared with things like new carpet, flooring, or roof))
And how about the media who continues to quote any "expert" they can find who predicts doom and gloom? We're going to talk ourselves into a depression! It almost seems that's what some (including many liberals) want.
We the people hold the power. We decide when this downturn has bottomed out. Scaring people to run like lemmings is irresponsible and, I believe, criminal.
Why do I have to share in the pain of a bunch of greedy slobs on Wall Street or "house flippers" in California? I never benefited. Why am I now paying the price?
And my appraisal two years ago I thought was very fair, not inflated; we are never late on our payments, etc. I look at my situation as its own little stimulus package gone awry. I need financing and especially I have to not be punished by appraisals using foreclosures to arrive at price per foot. I look around at a few empty houses and I pretty much know who was there. Help me, please.
"Grim"? Cheer up people.
if we are projected to go from 4.7% unemployment to 6.7%, that's a 200 basis point increase. If another state went from 9.6% to 10.8%, that's only a 120 basis point increase. Since Utah would have a greater increase, you'd think we were worse off, but I'd much rather have 6.7% than 10.8% unemployment.
Now I don't know that those are the actual numbers and projections, but since the article is silent about that type of information, you don't know. But then, gloom and doom sell more newspapers than do well researched, complete articles.
Now as far as non-tax paying workers who use our hospitals, schools, etc... As soon as the lazy blue eyed danes get HUNGRY, they will go pick fruit or roof a house. Yes.. hunger has a way of leveling everything.
But, don't worry. My bailout plan will encourage the "middle class" to synthetically exist (we all know the middle class is an abberation created by the 20th century industrial revolution) for a while. Therefore they won't be as motivated (read hungry) to take those disgusting jobs from the non-tax paying workers.
So, sleep well and everyone please enjoy my stimulus!!