Bipartisanship…I actually would like to see the bill passed. Expanded Child Tax Credit (according to your link is a win for Democrats) would provide benefits only to families that work…I think the House has done a good job here.Fiscal responsibility? We don't need no steenking fiscal responsibility.
Spend more, tax less, bitch about the deficit.
Why now? I think it’s indicative of where the Republican Party is headed policy wise. Nothing more than that.
I am game for closing the deficit, but I do not see any serious policy proposals from either side to accomplish that task.I don’t disagree with the idea of supporting families and encouraging them to have more children, but this really isn’t doing much. You are talking a $100-$200 increase over three years.
It’s a tiny part of the bill financially. I’m also not opposed to R&D tax credit expansion, but we don’t need policy them at stimulates right now. We need to close the deficit.
Looking at our current defecit and revenues/expenditures.....in my mind we'd have to first balance a budget (unlikely) and then after balancing, work on actual defecit reduction. You know, spending less and taxing more. What politician is getting elected on that platform?
While we're on the subject of stupidity reaching across the aisle, what about that infrastructure bill? The fed chairman said he was going to raise rates until we trimmed 3-4 million jobs.(He has since changed his tone. More on that later.)
Economically it wasn't the right time for an infrastructure bill, maybe.
Agreed. There were plenty of projects after 40 years of neglect and not putting positive pressure on wages. The timing was impeccable.
He ran and won on promising a bipartisan infrastructure bill. He got it done. I at least give him that. Timing was not great. Trump should have tried with his first stimulus package. Obama should have rammed a much larger one through at the beginning of his first term.
Oh yes, they did:
Wow wow wow. Powerful. Well done DANC per usual. We’ll use this a lot. Pretty nice little addition to our tool belt as we continue to try to fix these people
Incentivizing demand wouldn’t be good right now. We already have supply issues with housing. The end result would be housing becomes even less affordable and an increase in wealth for those that do own homes.
Adjust the spending to accommodate the lowest possible tax,
I have considered that possibility.
Pulse and Horton are building the shit out of $350k starter homes and Blackstone REIT will build 25000 starter homes in 2024 for rentals. Plenty of potential once the demand shifts.What is supplied is different from what is in demand. No one wants to build small homes on small lots that don't add up to big money. A few years back in Bton a couple dozen Habitat Houses were built in a short time in a small area in an "undesirable" part of town. I haven't driven through there in some time, but shortly after it was done it was a great little neighborhood full of you families with kids playing in the yards and riding their trikes and bikes in the street, straight out of Ozzie and Harriet. These aren't rentals, they're owner occupied and affordable for working class folks. These are the kind of things that need to be done at scale.
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I drive by that Habitat area every day, it is still in fine shape from what I can see .What is supplied is different from what is in demand. No one wants to build small homes on small lots that don't add up to big money. A few years back in Bton a couple dozen Habitat Houses were built in a short time in a small area in an "undesirable" part of town. I haven't driven through there in some time, but shortly after it was done it was a great little neighborhood full of you families with kids playing in the yards and riding their trikes and bikes in the street, straight out of Ozzie and Harriet. These aren't rentals, they're owner occupied and affordable for working class folks. These are the kind of things that need to be done at scale.
Edit to add link -- hope this works:
Google Maps
Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.
Joe Biden’s America. That ship has sailed. $200k here is a 2/1 in the hood
Yup. Anything decent even for a little 3/2 with 1800 Sq ft here is half a mil now. It’s insane how fast the market exploded. I was looking in 2019 and 2020 in Delray. The price difference now is unreal
“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.” - Ben
Then use correct grammar - He who . . .
Do it on public land and contract directly. Take out the middlemen and their profits. Let them build McMansions.
