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Number of Middle-Class New Yorkers Facing Eviction Skyrockets
- Thread starter ByLoSellHi
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I lived in NYC for a long time and when I first got there, my entry level job paid far less than most of the people in the story were making.
It's possible to live in a nice apartment and save - but you have to give up drinking in bars, going to nighclubs, movies and broadway shows and eating out until you've saved enough money so that you're not living paycheck to paycheck.
I feel bad for people who lost their jobs, but they made plenty of money to have avoided the situation in which they found themselves and chose not to. I find it hard to cry for the folks who were out having a good time with every penny they earned while I made sacrifices to avoid this very situation.
It's possible to live in a nice apartment and save - but you have to give up drinking in bars, going to nighclubs, movies and broadway shows and eating out until you've saved enough money so that you're not living paycheck to paycheck.
I feel bad for people who lost their jobs, but they made plenty of money to have avoided the situation in which they found themselves and chose not to. I find it hard to cry for the folks who were out having a good time with every penny they earned while I made sacrifices to avoid this very situation.
Quote from Thunderdog:
Then why did you not say that to the guy who wrote this post, which I was responding to:
Since his politically charged post preceded mine but you chose to insult me for merely responding to it, does that make you a blatant hypocrite who's full of shit? I would say yes. Yes, it does.
Ummm, his post was factual information. NYC voted overwhelmingly for Obama and his "change". Now they are reaping the rewards of voting in a socialist.
Now get back into your P&R hole.
Let's not take this too far into politics, but let's agree on the following:
1) Obama won an overwhelming majority of the New York City vote (probably 80% plus easily);
and
2) The things in place that are leading to economic failings were in place in the last administration, and are getting no better under Obama.
*My opinion is that Obama's economic policy is horrid, and that he has not only continued, but massively expanded the terrible policies put into place by Paulson & Bernanke under Bush, now with Geithner and Bernanke.
1) Obama won an overwhelming majority of the New York City vote (probably 80% plus easily);
and
2) The things in place that are leading to economic failings were in place in the last administration, and are getting no better under Obama.
*My opinion is that Obama's economic policy is horrid, and that he has not only continued, but massively expanded the terrible policies put into place by Paulson & Bernanke under Bush, now with Geithner and Bernanke.
Oh, so it's not "political" if you happen to agree. (And, of course, the current situation in NYC has nothing to do with the previous administration's aversion to financial regulation. Yeah, that's the ticket.)Quote from Clubber Lang:
Ummm, his post was factual information. NYC voted overwhelmingly for Obama and his "change". Now they are reaping the rewards of voting in a socialist.
Now get back into your P&R hole.
And you can get back into your own asshole.
Quote from Thunderdog:
Oh, so it's not "political" if you happen to agree. (And, of course, the current situation in NYC has nothing to do with the previous administration's aversion to financial regulation. Yeah, that's the ticket.)
And you can get back into your own asshole. [/QUOTE
Barney Frank "I just don't see a problem" as he collects all his kick backs from this quasi government enterprise. Don't think for a second the republicans aren't to blame as well. Democrats are just as guilty as republicans, they are all the same in my book.
I agree with 1 and 2. However, the jury is out on your opinion and, in any event, has not yet had the time to even begin to play itself out. Perhaps Obama's policies will cause a whole new set of problems of a greater order of magnitude and perhaps not. However, the current situation is entirely on the previous administration, because Bush's legacy did not end on the day he left office. The shit began to hit the fan while he was still in place and can be traced back to the Republicans' aversion to adequate regulation. The lid is now off the 8-year compost.Quote from ByLoSellHi:
Let's not take this too far into politics, but let's agree on the following:
1) Obama won an overwhelming majority of the New York City vote (probably 80% plus easily);
and
2) The things in place that are leading to economic failings were in place in the last administration, and are getting no better under Obama.
*My opinion is that Obama's economic policy is horrid, and that he has not only continued, but massively expanded the terrible policies put into place by Paulson & Bernanke under Bush, now with Geithner and Bernanke.
And just to be clear, I did not initiate the politics earlier in your thread. I merely responded.
Quote from Mnphats:
Maybe so, but Obama's call a few years ago for increased regulation in the financial sector essentially fell on deaf ears. You also fail to acknowledge that it was the credit default swaps that turbo-charged the problem -- those unregulated derivatives without which the senseless lending and securitized mortgages would not have reached nearly the audacious scale they had reached.Quote from Thunderdog:
Oh, so it's not "political" if you happen to agree. (And, of course, the current situation in NYC has nothing to do with the previous administration's aversion to financial regulation. Yeah, that's the ticket.)
And you can get back into your own asshole. [/QUOTE
Barney Frank "I just don't see a problem" as he collects all his kick backs from this quasi government enterprise. Don't think for a second the republicans aren't to blame as well. Democrats are just as guilty as republicans, they are all the same in my book.
Maybe surf would beg to differ, but I have it on good word that layoffs are worse than even what's being reported in NYC right now.
Look for the vacancy and eviction rates to rise much more from here.
Mayor Bloomberg is reportedly frazzled trying to cook up a feasible plan to raise revenue at a time when sales taxes, income taxes and property taxes are plunging.
He has a huge budget hole that's been blown wide open.
Look for the vacancy and eviction rates to rise much more from here.
Mayor Bloomberg is reportedly frazzled trying to cook up a feasible plan to raise revenue at a time when sales taxes, income taxes and property taxes are plunging.
He has a huge budget hole that's been blown wide open.
Quote from Clubber Lang:
Ummm, his post was factual information. NYC voted overwhelmingly for Obama and his "change". Now they are reaping the rewards of voting in a socialist.
The situation discussed started in 2008, so even trying to talk about Obama makes you look silly.
Regardless, he, along with every other president over the last few decades, is just an actor. Bush was the heel, Obama is the face. It's like professional wrestling.