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Why We Need to Keep Home Prices Inflated
by HousingWatcher on 30 Oct 2011   91 comments, latest 13 years ago
I know the common wsidom around here is that the government needs to stop inflating home prices and let them fall. But think about that for a second. Won't ...

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Why I Am Never Going to Own a Home Again
by HousingWatcher on 19 Mar 2011   87 comments, latest 13 years ago
Interesting article listing all of the negatives of buying a house: Why I Am Never Going to Own a Home Again Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com There are many reasons to ...

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Ron Paul flew First Class 74 times on the taxpayer's dime
by HousingWatcher on 16 Jan 2012   10 comments, latest 12 years ago
Paul's flights fly in face of cut-spending theme WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has been spending large amounts on airfare as a congressman, flying first class ...

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Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul
by HousingWatcher on 19 Nov 2011   32 comments, latest 12 years ago
Is it just me, or are all thse Ron Paul threads getting really annoying? WHen Ron Paul starts winning ACTUAL primaries, then you can talk about Ron Paul. Until ...

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Why We Need Higher Taxes on the Rich
by HousingWatcher on 8 Oct 2011   191 comments, latest 13 years ago
I was just reading DailyKos and saw this banner ad on the website. It's a good reason why the rich should pay higher taxes: http://pagead2.googlesyndicati That's right.. $12,000 for ...

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Why is Everyone Ignoring the Student Loan Bubble?
by HousingWatcher on 3 May 2011   57 comments, latest 6 months ago
Consdiering this is a forum full of people who claimed to spot the housing bubble before it burst, why is anyone not talking about the student loan bubble? Trust ...

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Why Healthcare Costs So Much
by HousingWatcher on 13 May 2011   102 comments, latest 13 years ago

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Proof That Rand Paul is a Socialist
by HousingWatcher on 21 Jun 2011   55 comments, latest 13 years ago
Why is a small govt. supporting libertarian riding the Big Government funded SOCIALIST Washington D.C. Metro?

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Did you know that Ronald Reagan was a Socialist who Engaged in Class Warfare?
by HousingWatcher on 3 Oct 2011   31 comments, latest 13 years ago
"We're going to close the unproductive tax loopholes that have allowed some of the truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share." "They sometimes made it possible for millionaires ...

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"We Are the 53%"
by HousingWatcher on 15 Oct 2011   40 comments, latest 13 years ago
So I recently learned about this website "We Are the 53%" referring to the 53% of people who pay federal income taxes. Quite frankly, I think the site is ...

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You Know The Rich Are Getting Richer When...
by HousingWatcher on 12 Sep 2011   31 comments, latest 12 years ago
You know the rich are getting richer when the walk in CLOSET in the master bedroom of their mansion is BIGGER than your entire kitchen: http://www.njmls.com/listings/ Isn't it nice ...

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U.S. Real Estate Dirt Cheap Compared to the Rest of the World
by HousingWatcher on 30 Oct 2011   22 comments, latest 12 years ago
#housing

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The Tea Party Republican Vision for America
by HousingWatcher on 4 Nov 2010   103 comments, latest 13 years ago
So what will the Tea Party and the Republicans try to do now that they control the House? Listed below are their goals and the consquences of them if ...

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Congress to Require ALL Americans to Buy Houses
by HousingWatcher on 31 Mar 2011   34 comments, latest 13 years ago
In their latest attempt to increase home prices, Congress is considering passing an individual mandate similar to the one in the Health Care law requiring all Americans to purchase ...

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Why So Much Sympathy for Steve Jobs?
by HousingWatcher on 7 Oct 2011   46 comments, latest 13 years ago
Why is there so much sympathy for a person who got rich off the backs of slave labor at FoxConn in China? How can Jobs have been a capitalist ...

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Even as Prices Fall, Housing Will Become MORE Unaffordable
by HousingWatcher on 12 Nov 2011   33 comments, latest 12 years ago
A Dream of Homeownership, Still Beyond Reach "Considering the city where they live, the Kinneys’ predicament is not unusual. Yes, prices have tumbled 32 percent from their peaks, according ...

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Possible Evidence That Banks Are Still Inflating Appraisals
by HousingWatcher on 20 Oct 2011   28 comments, latest 13 years ago
Right now I am currently in the process of re-financing, so I just had an appraisal done. I was looking over the appraisal report, paying the most attention to ...

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Cancel Your Health Insurance Policy?
by HousingWatcher on 1 Oct 2010   42 comments, latest 13 years ago
So now that health insurance reform is law and insurance companies cannot deny coverage to you based on pre-existing conditions, shouldn't everyone just cancel their policies and only buy ...

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One Thing That Ron Paul Supporters Cannot Explain
by HousingWatcher on 21 Dec 2011   36 comments, latest 12 years ago
One thing that any Ron Paul supporters have yet to explain is how it would be good for the country to allow the housing market to completely collapse, takig ...

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Why Today is a Bad Day for the Right Wing
by HousingWatcher on 23 Jul 2011   73 comments, latest 13 years ago
So yesterday a crazy guy in Norway blew up a govt. building and shot a whole bunch of people, killing over 90 people. The right wing imediately blamed the ...

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Congratulations to the Tea Party for Destroying the Economy!
by HousingWatcher on 2 Sep 2011   43 comments, latest 13 years ago
Tea Party Policies' Effect on Employment:

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Buying vs. Leasing a Car
by HousingWatcher on 7 Jul 2011   39 comments, latest 13 years ago
So everyone here firmly believes renting a house is better than buying one. Is the same true for a car? Which is the best option for someone considering a ...

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Pending Home Sales Jump 10.4%
by HousingWatcher on 2 Dec 2010   40 comments, latest 13 years ago
So much for all of the gloom and doom about how sales would plummet after the home buyer tax credit expired. WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — A gauge of pending sales ...

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Why Don't Unemployed Youth Leave the Country?
by HousingWatcher on 29 Oct 2011   36 comments, latest 13 years ago
So here is a stupid question: Why don't all the unemployed youth, who are saddled with huge student loan debts they have zero chance of re-paying and no job ...

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Obama Jobs Bill to Create New Jobs
by HousingWatcher on 14 Sep 2011   30 comments, latest 13 years ago
See, and the right wing says that Obama's jobs bill won't create any jobs... It will create jobs... for lawyers. A Gift for Lawyers in Obama's Jobs Plan The ...

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Housing Bubble vs. Gold Bubble
by HousingWatcher on 18 May 2011   51 comments, latest 13 years ago
Housing: Gold: Is history repeating itself? #housing

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Are Prices Really Declining?
by HousingWatcher on 21 Jun 2011   40 comments, latest 13 years ago
So even though the Case SHiller keeps showing price declines, I keep hearing from other sources like CoreLogic that if you EXCLUDE distressed sales prices are either flat or ...

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German Car Factories Pay Workers Twice as Much as US Factories, Still Profitable
by HousingWatcher on 28 Dec 2011   20 comments, latest 12 years ago
So much for the big lie that uniosn and their high pay are bankrupting the US auto industry. A tale of two systems In 2010, over 5.5 million cars ...

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Why Are Politicians Such Idiots When It comes to the Engineer "Shortage"?
by HousingWatcher on 17 Sep 2011   33 comments, latest 13 years ago
So quick question: Are politicans really this stupid and acrtually think we have a skilled labor shortage when real unemployment is 16%, or are they just deliberately lying to ...

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Riots Are Coming! Obama Debt Commission Tells Middle Class to Drop Dead
by HousingWatcher on 10 Nov 2010   42 comments, latest 13 years ago
So today the Obama cat food commission, I mean debt commission, released their plans to reduce the deficit. Highlights include: 1. No more mortgage interest deduction 2. No more ...

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How to Open Foreign Bank Account
by HousingWatcher on 22 Dec 2012   14 comments, latest 11 years ago
So with interest rates in the U.S. pathetically low, I was wondering if there is anyway to open up a bank account in a foreign country with decent interest ...

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The ONLY Way We can Fix the Economy
by HousingWatcher on 10 Dec 2011   21 comments, latest 12 years ago
There is only one way we can fixt the economy and restore propsperity. And that way is to defeat the insane Tea Party Republicans who currently hold one house ...

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Where is All the Inventory?
by HousingWatcher on 1 Jan 2011   32 comments, latest 13 years ago
I keep hearing that one of the main reasons home prices are supposively going to crash is because there is a glut of inventory. But I don't see it. ...

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GOP Presidential Candidate Goes on Racist Rant
by HousingWatcher on 3 Jan 2012   26 comments, latest 12 years ago
Santorum targets blacks in entitlement reform At a campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa on Sunday, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum singled out blacks as being recipients of assistance ...

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Just Played Tea Party Zombies Must Die
by HousingWatcher on 10 Sep 2011   24 comments, latest 13 years ago
I just discovered this new game, where you can have some fun with tea baggers. Check it out: http://teapartyzombiesmustdie. Make sure you don't get attacked by the teabaggers, because ...

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The Problem with Ron Paul
by HousingWatcher on 10 Nov 2011   23 comments, latest 12 years ago
Ron Paul allows his personal religion to cloud his judgment, which leads him to actually go against certain individual rights. The man claims that the Constitution was not only ...

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H1-B Visa Supporter: H1-B Should Be ABOLISHED
by HousingWatcher on 12 Jun 2011   27 comments, latest 13 years ago
I Was Wrong — The H-1B Visa Program Must Be Abolished In the 10 years or so that I’ve been writing about the H-1B visa program, I have steadfastly ...

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Housing Market Has Bottomed: Dr. Doom Just Bought Real Estate
by HousingWatcher on 18 Dec 2010   22 comments, latest 13 years ago
Nouriel Roubini (a.k.a. Dr. Doom) has just spent $5.5 million for a Manhattan apartment. Is this a sign of the bottom? And on top of that, he got an ...

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Why the Economy Will NEVER Improve
by HousingWatcher on 17 Aug 2011   21 comments, latest 12 years ago
Despite all the "efforts" to improve the economy, I strongly beleive it will not anytime in the near future for several reasons: 1. Republicans don't want to do anything ...

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Mitt Romney Admits He is a Liar
by HousingWatcher on 4 Jan 2012   1 comment, latest 12 years ago
Romney Camp Admits That Its Bain Job Creation Number Is Bogus Mitt Romney, last night’s Iowa caucus winner, has been on the campaign trail claiming that the private equity ...
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