Posted on 08/26/2019 6:50:23 AM PDT by C19fan
The nation is more than a decade past the Great Recession, and most places are seeing a strong economic recovery and improved living standards.
Not in Chicago, and not in Illinois.
August statistics from the National Association of Realtors noted the city and state’s real estate market has severely underperformed, a trend forecasted to continue in the third quarter of this year. While the Midwest and the nation as a whole saw a very minor dip in home sales and surging Midwest home prices, Chicago missed the wave. Home sales in the Windy City experienced a 13.3% plunge, and the typical home sale price is barely climbing at all.
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There is a solution (from this “damn Yankee”).
The state should increase residency voting requirements for folks moving into the state—like five years, ten years, whatever.
The liberals would squawk, of course, but you have a state to save—no point in being polite about it.
“How about a statistic on what percentage of Chicago is collecting a government check?”
Chicago politics and government is just one huge organized crime family...top to bottom.
Forget it, Jake. It’s Chitown
And most now live in Florida. I can’t believe all the blue state new neighbors I have with their large pensions. They go far in Florida. I’m seriously surprised the blue states don’t add a tax about moving away.
I know Blue States are very aggressive on people who claim non-residence in the Blue State but still maintain a residence.
Good.
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I think it’s at 47% supporting 53% - have a retired friend who’s on SS and every year when SS gives that COLA (he get’s maybe $22) property tax and other taxes take that away, hadn’t had a real increase in years.
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What ELSE did you expect from Ponzi schemes??
>Can a country be a republic and a democracy?
If a loss of Rights\property, an explosion of BIG GOVT & a $200T+ bill via ‘unfunded liabilities’ doesn’t tell anyone the answer...
Point taken.
>The other peoples money is running out
With $200T+ in ‘unfunded liabilities’, OPM has run out L-O-N-G ago.
I just did a little reading.
A pure democracy is one where the people vote directly on issues.
And rights can be voted away by the majority.
It says we are a “representative democracy”
I just say if you owe 200 trillion, you’re screwed!
>Confiscate all the bling and gold teefs.
How many SECONDS of big govt spending will THAT satiate?
Social Security is not a Ponzi scheme. You voluntarily enter a Ponzi scheme, SS is mandatory.
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My annual property taxes, even with a house on 32 acres, is less than $400 in rural Kentucky.
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Umm, hate to tell you this, FRiend, but you’re RENTING it *now*: If they can TAX it, you don’t OWN it.
Yeah. I get that. But the amount is so low, it’s not worth taking up arms. ;)
Hey, I’m all for these pension funds being dissolved. No bailouts.
But that gold teefs thing ... well, that was an attempt at comedy.
The politicians have long been living on the running bet that they won’t be the ones on the hook when the shit hits the fan.
“I think more people will simply move away as it gets stupid expensive to rent your own property from the government.”
When ‘the lights go out’ in the big cities, all your sophisticated city slicker cuzzins will come to visit you !
And if they stay out a long time,all the scum will be out to see your place too.......
Yep. In the end, you can’t hide. You just have to depend on the people like you that live between you and the city to cull the herd.
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