For those who love to blame boomers for EVERYTHING wrong in the country....

T. A. Gardner said:
Appreciation of real estate is one thing, forced scarcity is another. In California, the shortage of housing can be traced largely, not entirely but largely, the lion's share, to one source: Government. That artificially skews the market and drives housing prices up. Because of that, something like Prop 13 is only fair. The government caused your house to appreciate far more through scarcity it created than the market would otherwise see and then the government wants to profit--tax--off of what they created.


That's fine.


The city / government created the problem. The People reacted and took away the ability of the government to unfairly tax them. That's the government's doing, not the People's.


Notice in that photo there's a lot more women than men, and even sillier, some are wearing masks. Just a bunch of BANANAs.
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This story occurred in California but it’s in no way unique to California. And yes the government sets the rules but they’re doing the bidding of the people. Voters elect people who will “protect their neighborhood” (I.e. prevent new development)

I’ve worked on developments in multiple areas and different states and it’s the same everywhere, people complain about more traffic and changes in neighborhood character. And it’s offer Boomers who are saying they have lived there 30 (often plus) years and don’t want to see things change.

That’s what drives this.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Appreciation of real estate is one thing, forced scarcity is another. In California, the shortage of housing can be traced largely, not entirely but largely, the lion's share, to one source: Government. That artificially skews the market and drives housing prices up. Because of that, something like Prop 13 is only fair. The government caused your house to appreciate far more through scarcity it created than the market would otherwise see and then the government wants to profit--tax--off of what they created.


That's fine.


The city / government created the problem. The People reacted and took away the ability of the government to unfairly tax them. That's the government's doing, not the People's.


Notice in that photo there's a lot more women than men, and even sillier, some are wearing masks. Just a bunch of BANANAs.
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I’ll add this too from a political perspective.

You can have one home with an I Love Trump sign in front and the next neighbor has a I Hate Trump sign. Yet they will walk hand in hand to a meeting protesting a new development in their neighborhood. That’s the power anti development folks have.
 
Stone said:
Politically or otherwise...........This one is for YOU. And BTW,....you can STFU any time now.


I am the tail end of the Boomers,...born in 64. More like a Gen Xer really. Point is,...sooooooooooooo much Boomer hate out there and it’s just so wrong headed and stupid. Youngers blaming anything and everything on Boomers you can think of. The whole housing blame game thing is beyond ridiculous. As if its somehow our fault we were able to buy our homes for a half way reasonable price, maintain it , improve it, and hold onto it for decades, not to mention all the property taxes we paid through the years and now that we finally get to realize a substantial profit on it were not supposed to do that? Get outta here with that bullshit nonsense,...as if younger people would say.........." No,...I don't want that profit I earned over DECADES,...lets sell it way under market instead" Yeah....o.k whatever,...... :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: How bout this......you CRY HARDER then go out and make your own way in the world just like everyone else before you did. Hows that grab ya.......
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And who specifically blames the Boomers for everything wrong? You ever been tested for paranoia?
 
I distinctly remember how salt of the Earthy I was back in the early 80's.........:)


a man and a woman are dancing together in a club .
 
cawacko said:
You can have one home with an I Love Trump sign in front and the next neighbor has a I Hate Trump sign. Yet they will walk hand in hand to a meeting protesting a new development in their neighborhood.
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I doubt that happens, Cawacko.
 
Stone said:
You must learn to LOVE the Boomers my man. Salt of the earth I tell ya,....we're the salt of the earth! :ROFLMAO:
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I love me some boomers, don get me wrong..

my parents and all their friends.

I really don't fault the average person unable to see past the games and bullshit.

everyone is just trying to survive.

that being said,, our whole society was designed around the boomers and using their lifecycle to Time the destruction of the nation.

:truestory:
 
archives said:
And who specifically blames the Boomers for everything wrong? You ever been tested for paranoia?
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I guess you have been living under a rock the last decade or sumpin. Ask anyone on the board you out of touch goofball,.....its basically so widespread these days with younger people that its pretty much become a meme. Don't just attack everything I say just because Im a righty....that's just stupid,...especially when you don't know what you are talking about.
 
Jaysus, this thread is sad, reminds me of when I was a kid and the older men boasted about walking three miles to and from school everyday in the snow
 
how do we know the plan is behind schedule?

they almost waited till too many boomers were dead.

and they still will fail.

its too evil.

god will not allow it.
 
Stone said:
I guess you have been living under a rock the last decade or sumpin. Ask anyone on the board you out of touch goofball,.....its basically so widespread these days with younger people that its pretty much become a meme. Don't just attack everything I say just because Im a righty....that's just stupid,...especially when you don't know what you are talking about.
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Stone said:
I am here an hour a day.
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