This is going to be unpopular with many (the truth often is), but what President Trump has said is true. There is no affordability crisis. I could blather on about statistics and examples, but I don't think I could say it any better than the big man himself:
*“We have a great economy and the prices are coming down,” Trump told reporters Sunday night before boarding Air Force One on his way back to the White House from his Florida resort.
He blamed Democrats for an economy he described as having “the highest inflation in the history of our country. I have it down now to a normal level and it’s going down further.”
In a social media post Friday, Trump said of the GOP: “We are the Party of Affordability!”*
I don't think it gets any clearer than that. Gas is cheaper, eggs are cheaper, housing is cheaper, wages are up, inflation is down, there are lots of jobs out there (if you're willing to work), and the stock market is setting new records every week. If you're still struggling, then maybe you need some self-evaluation. I saw people on this forum complaining about food stamps being shutdown. I think they might be deep state plants sent to try and stir up dissention, and we shouldn't tolerate any of that. This is about Making America Great Again through the Great Awakening. We need to stop the complaining, and get in line. As the sidebar says, we are soldiers on the digital battlefield, not some just some pansy fair weather supporters who run at the first sign of hardship. It is not our job to question President Trump. If he says it, I believe him, which is at least the bare minimum. I mean, after all we have seen, after the violence, the accusations, attempts at assassination, wardrobe malfunctions, and misleading headlines, they still can't stop him. This is the revolution. There are now millions of us. We should no longer tolerate those who pretend to be supporters, but constantly doubt and sow desention. Heck, if charging a small fee for being able to log in and use this site is what it takes, I would be all for that (as long as the money from that went to support President Trump). I think that would clear out the doubters really quick, and then we can get on to figuring out the best ways to support our commander in chief. Whose with me?!?
P.S. Mods, can we sticky this post?
It's all perspective. Eggs are better priced than under Biden; beef is not. Milk still hasn't come down to pre-Biden levels where I'm at. I'm sure there's plenty of variation depending where you live. Huge differences in gas as well.
The economy is not natural, having been manipulated six ways til Sunday, producing many inequities in the traditional meaning of the word. Comparing to history is better than comparing to Biden years which were screechingly horrendous. So even though it's tilted back, there's a lot about our economy that's just plain wrong. Many divorced men of all trades are relegated to serfdom through family courts. Professionals have been outsourced to H1B's, and paid work that allows a person to build up savings are hard to find. Blackrock has nearly monopolized the residential housing market in urban areas.
I'm glad you're doing well. That's awesome. But your post has you mounted on a pretty high horse. A young family starting out has an extremely difficult challenge to buy a house on their own. Medical insurance, mandated by law, is also insane and a stealth (not so stealthy, but whatever) tax on everyone. Car insurance payments nearly match the car payments for young adults.
If none of that affects you, that's great. I have family in rural red states that are doing great, and hardworking family in blue cities that are struggling. I'm not down with surrendering any section of our great country- not the Emerald City, not La-La Land, not even the Big Apple or the town with green hot dog relish.
Still love Trump. Ultra-MAGA. Still acknowledge -and celebrate- that he's kicking the reputations of published PhD economists to the curb. Not dooming at all, and not even complaining, because we're moving in the right direction at Trump speed. But there's plenty that needs fixing still.
Both of you are 💯 right. I live in Naples Florida, prices are extremely high, invaders/illegals have taken over Florida; corporations doing what they like with Americans, taxing us really high for everything and hiring these criminals, now they own many businesses,. These places have been destroyed by the builders, they have killed millions of animals and no consequences and I know DeSantis is approving that crap. He doesn’t really care, remember he is a freaking RINO. He sounds he is doing something but in reality if he wanted to stop all of this shit he will do it, but he approved the covid rules that the hospitals implemented and give them extension for the protocols to keep killing Floridians, he looked the other way and don’t like that. He was not popular and President Trump made him popular in Florida rallies. He came one day to Naples and next day we had fires, next thing I knew builders has permits to build thousands of housing back in that area. Now we are a city instead of a small town, tired of animals dying and on top friking invaders. Yes he has done good things but he wanted to be re elected. Of course I don’t want Demoncrats to win but he brought thousands of illegals to Naples who can afford houses (they are the ones that are going to make the Demoncrats reality, voting for them to win Florida) and I have to live with my sister because I can’t afford to live by myself. Yes I am pissed.
Report the illegals. If you know they are or suspect, the ICE app allows you to report them on the fly. No reason not to, and they are looking for leads actively across the country.
I haven’t had a time but there is an NGO church in Vanderbilt beach road actively working and bringing them, I have seen the friking buses with the invaders, nobody is doing anything ICE knows who are the NGO’s I have been telling President Trump and Tom nobody is listening.
I heard they are wading through about 600 or 700 NGOs
Who knows how many these demonic NGO’s are but just can tell you they are destroying the world with his wickedness
Have you put it in the app? Probably but asking.
Nope, can you send me the link? Please thank you.
Look at gold and silver. That is a sure indicator that fiat os almost dead.
Ueah really. Its paper gold and silver, overprinting of currency, under supply of gold and silver to cover the what was sold. 140 million ounces physical gold, 900 million ounces sold. Not only that but its 50 bucks plus an ounce. They sold it for 12 amd have to buy it back for 50 because they didnt actually purchase any silver to back it. Same with gold. And thats with silver and gold under valued. Gold about six times and silver about 10. Silver is mined at 7/1 gold. Priced at 80/1. Silver is still a steal but wont be for long. The dollar is 99 percent eroded. the fed was palced into the treasury between 2018 and 20. Fiat is over and when we are done fold and silver prices will look much different. Outr nations gold is in a revaluation bank as we speak. Many other factors go into this but the metals prices are a great indicator IF you inderstand what is happening with the prices currently. Banks selling and buying their own gold back after causing the price to drop. Happened on 2 past fridays at 3am. At a time we cant trade. Yeah fiat is dieing and gold amd silver are rhe canary in the cage. P.s. i bought silver in 2012 or 14 bucks an ounce. It became a commodity when we went off the gold standard. It is treated like a commodity at the moment by the government but not by those that hold it. Its real money and its back. People dont understand metals. Not coin collecting but silver stacking. Pre 64 junk silver 90 percent silver. A silver dime today is worth about 3.80. Ao when yo spend 3.80 cents know that if a dollar was a full 100 cents that would only cost you a dime. And thats with silvers price suppressed. At 5x its 250 bucks an ounce which makes that dime worth about 20 dollars. Silver is a great barometer and gold even better. Fun fact. $1.40 of any junk silver in any denominations make a troy ounce 31.1 gms (except nickels as they had no silver).
The damage has been done. There has been a staggering amount of money that has been printed and it has permanently devalued the dollar. It’s great to see some prices are down to what they used to be, but most likely won’t get there. On top of that, people’s savings/wealth have been permanently devalued.
The gold standard is essential to ditching the fraudulent financial system we’re in and returning to a real economy. Having said that, there are a lot of things that need to be fixed before we do that. Namely, the U.S. has to fully transition to a production/export economy.
It’s an unpopular position, but Nixon was right to take the U.S. off the gold standard. If he didn’t the country would essentially be in the same spot it is now but with no gold reserves (the obvious result of an import based economy). In fact, the reserves had almost been halved by the time he put a stop to it. At least there is still a strong reserves left to start fresh.
Also our money is flowing back in from foreign countries further inflates it.
Good point.
I agree with you. Fiat needs to be dead; blackrock owns everything; China is buying up our farmland; big pharma is jacking up medical costs; big agriculture is choking our small ranchers, dairies and farmers; big business can fund politician campaigns in exchange for favorable votes. And all these things artifically manipulate the market.
Im also not dooming either, but "affordability" issues are a symptom, and the manipulation is the the root cause, and to eliminate symptoms permanently, we need to eliminate the forces that drive the root cause.
That's a great way to say it.
Same, fren. Some folks just seem to think Trump can say something boastful, and that makes it so. Not true. Richer people can more easily afford a higher cost of living— that’s just a fact. Not to mention the richer people can call the shots on how expensive their goods and services cost the plebs, to offset any discomfort the inflation may bring. It’s a gamble of course— people can often choose to take their business elsewhere. But many necessities only come in limited choices for the consumer, and if all choices offered come with jacked up prices, you no longer have the option to choose, other than to opt out completely.
Your ship is taking on water, and you’ve just found two buckets to start bailing.
The inflow is still pouring in faster than your two buckets can throw it out, so the water keeps rising.
Before the level can ever start to fall, you first have to reach the point of equilibrium: the moment when the rate you’re bailing exactly matches the rate the water is coming in. Only then does the rise stop.
Once that balance is achieved (once the water stops climbing), any extra effort, any additional bucket, any faster scooping will finally tip the scales. That’s when the outflow begins to exceed the inflow, and only then does the water level actually start to go down.
You can’t reduce the flood until you’ve first neutralised its momentum.
Good analogy!
President Trump already has, but so many people are whining about the water in the boat, and not bailing out.
Exactly what I wanted to say. Beef is like 18.99 for 3 lbs as opposed to it being 8.99 a year ago.
I'm in a red state but my family and I are on disability income and it's hard for me to find a job that pays more than our disability income. We aren't even on SNAP so for the last year, it has been hard trying to buy groceries as everything has doubled or tripled in value and we even cut back on some stuff, but still it feels seemingly impossible to be able to have enough food to last for the whole month.
Yeah, OP suffered a brain fart. (Either that, or maybe is just an entitled dork. Lots of discussion here but OP disappeared. Hmmm...)
Anyone on fixed income, unless they have a good cushion, is suffering. I'm in blue territory where gas is $5/g, and I only buy whatever meat is on the promo cycle. I still eat well, but I never used to care much about store sales.
Some of us have lives and responsibilities outside the internet.
If people are smart with their finances, they will never end up on a "fixed" income. All this means is that they decided to have someone else control their finances and give them an allowance. Yeah, it sucks for some people, but that's because of the decisions they are making, not because of the economy.
By all means double down. When humility eventually finds you, I hope it treats you kindly.
I don't know about you, but I trust the plan.
In that we have common ground. WWG1WGA!
Blackrock is creating wealth drain with buying houses and rent drain. I look at median income to median home price and that is spreading apart. That has had larger impact than tourist AirBNB rentals that have high vacancy to utility.
Within borders population migration is theory that bodies are moved for votes but may be safe houses for illegals. Last month has seen two families sell. One now has six south of border men taken residence.
"It is not our job to question President Trump."
Absolutely toxic mindset. The whole point of the Q top is to question what we're told.
"There's no affordability crisis"
As long as a 4 bedroom house is selling for 7 figures and the concept of a 50 YEAR MORTGAGE is being entertained, guess what? There's clearly an affordability crisis. Believe what you can see with your own two eyes!
Yeah you have a wealth mindset. Most in here are still stuck on the paradigm the world lays on them. 30 year mortgage like its God ordained. Problem is also most people wont make the extra payments theyll go buy some stupid toy like a boat or 4 wheeler.
Exactly right, most people live beyond their means because they want all the toys. If you have to buy it on credit, other than a car and a house, you can't afford it.
Sub 4-500k for that may exist in some red states, but not in a lot. Much of Tennessee real estate is closer to the blue shithole pricing than 4-500k. And not just for new homes; 20+ year old houses are selling for $200+ per sqft.
On top of that, even if you have a house to sell, most still can't afford to buy something because of mortgage rates (current mortgage of under 3% versus today's rates of around 7%).
That's not true at all! My brother-in-law just bought a 4 bedroom for over 1 million outside of Raleigh. Raleigh and the surrounding area has typically been fairly affordable, but not anymore. In my neighborhood, a 3 bedroom 2100sqft home is 400k. Tell me That's affordable to a small family.
So you know why those houses suck (and I know because mine was 475k)? There's no yard. Good luck having a yard for your kids to play in. We are in a cheaply built, cookie cutter new construction for 475k with no yard and a half of India as our neighbors. You're making it seem like these are 4 bedrooms of old in suburbs like we grew up in. It's not. The reason these Indians afford it is because they have 10 people in a single home with 4 of them paying on the mortgage.
I grew up on 1 acre with a 1600sqft 4 bedroom that cost my dad 110k. You can't buy a house like that for that money. You are saying 500k is affordable and indicative of there being no affordability crisis. You're mad.
50 year mortgages are great. 30 years is better than 15, why wouldn't 50 be that much better?
That's not "affordability" though.
The housing market isn't based on any factors within the buying power parameters.
It's completely fictitious-it's basically a stock market.
And you're upset about 50 year mortgage when 30 year mortgages with variable interest rates are and have been completely ludicrous ideas from the jump.
As I said, housing is not a benchmark for affordability.
People are so spoiled when it comes to housing. If you can't afford a whole ass house by yourself, get a roommate or two. People move out and expect to buy some mcmansion in the suburbs, but that isn't how it works. Start from the bottom and work your way up. If you need seven roommates to make a housework, then get seven roommates.
That's why so called affordable housing pisses me off.
Thats assuming its happening everywhere. Ive been warching the market for 14 months with a letter of committment in hand to buy a house. Since thennive seen house prices drop almost 15 percent in most cases. Houses are staying on the market linger but that is pushing thebprice down. What is really killing the affordability now isnt price, its the interest rate. Even that is starting to inch down. Its more toxic to be negative when things are actually improving even if every person hasnt fully experienced it. The numbers prove it.
No, what is toxic is whining about little things when President Trump has clearly proven again and again that he knows what he's doing, and is right about things. The only way the Deep State wins is if we believe them. I've decided to live like things are affordable. I've taken on some more debt, but I firmly believe that my income will increase with the removal of immigrants. I should be making probably twice as much as I do now simply because my value is being diluted. That is changing now.
"I've decided to live like things are affordable."
Thanks for admitting you are living in a fantasy.
It isn't a fantasy if it is true. People said I was living in a fantasy when I said President Trump would win, then he did. This is what it means to trust the plan. If we're not willing to put our money where our mouth is, how can we convince others we truly believe what we say we do? I had my home paid off, but I took out a new mortgage to buy a lake house and a boat. My wife says it is a midlife crisis, but she won't understand until she sees that the plan is real and that Q has been guiding us. Just look at President Trump? Many of his friends and family have become rich, because they have put their trust in him. General Flynn is about to take in $50 million for the persecution he suffered for his loyalty to President Trump. There will be rewards for those who are loyal.
While I agree there's many positives and my income and net worth have gone in the right direction in Trump's 2nd term. I disagree that there isn't an affordability crisis. A middle class life with a couple kids imo costs more than $100k/year id say $200k and jobs just aren't paying even close to that on average
It basically forces the double income model...which feeds back into the vicious cycle of letting government indoctrinate your children...which itself is another crisis.
My AC guy makes 127k per year. He lives like a king here in florida.
Kids are only expensive because they're being spoiled. They don't need new clothes and shoes every year, they can get by just fine on hand-me-downs and reusing the clothes they currently have. Maybe learn how to patch some socks and pants, you can make them last way longer. We didn't go to the doctor when we were kids. If you broke your arm, you wrapped it in a splint and it healed naturally. Then you don't have to worry about the doctors giving your kids opioids (herion) or Tylenol (autism). Don't play video games (also autism), just get them some sticks and let them play outside.
It appears to be a "loss of purchasing power crisis" which could be interpreted as an "affordability crisis". However, all is being done intentionally to create this very narrative through rampant criminality.
Federal Reserve has accelerated debasement of the currency while restricting local (US) liquidity with high interest rates at the same time with obvious malicious intent.
Many, many, middlemen and consumer cartels are intentionally holding prices high rather than passing through commodity and transportation cost reductions. Beef, chicken, coffee, milk, grains, honey, fruit are just a few examples. Beef cartel is now under investigation by DOJ. Egg cartel that created the egg price spike now has indictments against the company AND individuals...again, malicious, criminal intent.
All energy cartels are intentionally increasing prices despite falling costs on the input side. Regional power monopolies and refiners are intentionally restricting power and refined fuel capacity, respectively to keep prices high (clear malicious intent as well).
Criminals don't stop crimin' when you ask them nicely, and it is criminals all the way up AND all the way down.
I’ll say that is mostly BS. Anything that Trump has done the affects won’t be felt for a while sure. But prices are still ridiculous and yes we have a housing crisis until we deport as many illegals and H1-B’s as possible. Pittsburgh has the lowest immigration population and the most affordable housing meanwhile NYC, Seattle and SF have 30+% foreign born populations and are ridiculously expensive. Being in the alcohol industry we’re getting killed because people are cutting back spending. This idea that people are “living above their means” is quite frankly ridiculous. And the whole “pull up your boot straps” message will just alienate any one under the age of 40.
I am in Washington State so much of the blame is on state government but for those of you in red states have prices actually gone down significantly?
But so many Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and credit card debt is climbing. How old are you? Cause you should seriously go talk to younger people to confirm your post.
Anyone saying that likely hasn’t met with the challenges of being solvent right now.
That said, I think one purpose of this time is for us to outlast our adversaries, so while yeah it’s hard as crap, LFG.
Some of us prepared because we saw this coming. While others were living it up i was saving money, purchasing metals, long term storage, certain equipment amd knowledge. That was my investment during that time. So yeah, i dont have a 401k, pr a bunch of stocks or even a job at this point. But i have income and stores if that income fails. 15 years of prepping. Kind of what joseph did for egypt just before the seven years of famine.
Not everyone who isn’t prepared for this was out living it up as the alternative, nor did everyone have 15 years available for it - certainly not anyone much under 35. Everybody’s at different points in life.
I do agree that being prepared is always good, and that we are definitely in an Exodus period.
Any recommendations on last minute skills and knowledge before the real storm hits?
Young people didnt have 15 years to prep,they were in pre- school.
All i can say is if you own a 1000 dollar Iphone i dont want to hear a single bitch.
I was lucky,my dad taught me to never borrow money.
A lot of these kids dont even have a dad,or their parents were bad with money. I also learned a lot in school about how to handle money,I had an accounting teacher that taught me as well.
Today teachers are dumbasses,that know little more than their students.
Okay you are talking about clowns which every generation has. I am talking about the college kid who went to UW or UC Berkeley for computer science and can’t get a job because of Pajeets. We also pay more taxes than older people did at our age. And people my age who aren’t clowns are having a hard time buying houses because of BlackRock. Everyone says just move to Mississippi or something but there aren’t a lot of high paying jobs in many states like that.
And for the most part the people with a spending problem are women who bought the feminist lie. They are the ones voting for Mandami cause they are easily brainwashed and have daddy issues.
Us male zoomers and zillenials want a Christian Theocracy and ban usury, pornography and gay marriage.
We should take it even further back. If you don't own land, then you aren't invested enough in your community and shouldn't be able to vote.
Why wouldn't they just be doctors?
Isn't a doctor the same thing as a male nurse?
That’s why I am moving into plumbing or waste water so I can live wherever. Right now I just gotta figure out how I am gonna pay rent, work full time, go to school and be a young father at the same time.
But yeah as far as voting goes I am more merit based voting. Property owners, net tax payers, veterans, current military and make the draft voluntary. If you sign up for the draft voluntary you get to vote. Either way you need to have skin in the game with money or blood to vote. No more universal voting regardless of gender.
Everyone wants to work in tech because it is easy. Just sit in a nice air-conditioned office and not producing anything of any real value. No wonder the market is flooded, and the tech companies are laying off people by the 10s of thousands. These are luxury jobs. Computer science is a scam. This stuff isn't that complex, they just make it seem complex so that they can demand more wages. I don't know much about computers, but I can open my banking up and navigate on Google Maps.
I get what your saying but American tech grads still shouldn’t have to compete with East Indians at all
All I can say is there aren't lines of Indians lining up for plumbing and electrical jobs. They need to go back to their homes on the res.
If you are spending more than you are making, then yes, you are living above your means. Housing was difficult back when I first was looking too. If you need four roommates to afford a house, then that is what you have to do. My wife's parents sold some stock so we were able to pay cash for our first house, it really isn't that difficult. It was small, only 1,800 sq feet, but we were able to make it work because that is what we had to do. Stop buying coffee and uber eats. I packed a lunch and a thermos of coffee for most of my adult life.
If we are alienating anyone under 40, then that is their fault. Maybe they need to learn that life isn't about them, and a little discomfort isn't the end of the world. My kids understand that, and the ones who still talk to me are doing well because they understand that not everything can be given to you.
Where is it cheaper? In my area, prices have only gone up.
Central florida gas is aboit 2.80 where i live. It occasionally jumps up 20 or 30 cents for a day or 2 every week. I paid 2.31 in south carolina last week.
Gulf coast TX - 2.35/gallon.
3.05 in NE Ohio. I paid 40 cents less about 3 or 4 days ago. It was down to 2.30s one day but then jumped 90 cents overnight after that.
That sucks!
You are the problem. The prices haven't gone up, at least not compared to wages. If you're still making the same amount of money you were five years ago, then that is the problem. Get a better job, this isn't that hard.
Yeah, let's blindly trust everything trump says because that's "the bare minimum" we can do. And sure, let's put up a pay wall to ensure this is an echo chamber of like-minded fools, like mainstream media. You've lost the plot, anon
It is not just "blind trust". It is listening to the most reliable to stable influence in our generation. He has been right about so many things, even things that we could have never foreseen, but he called them out way ahead of time. He's speaking the truth and calling out the lying media. How about we give him a chance instead of complaining at every small bump in the road.
Echo chambers are all you need when you're right.
Let me put this another way. If one food vendor is serving steak, and the other is serving fried poop on a stick, I wouldn't say "oh, I need to get a balanced meal, so I'll eat a little bit of both". No, you pick the one that is good and tasty, which in this case is what President Trump is saying.
I think many people were forced to use their credit to much,during the Biden years.
If so it will take years and years for them to recover. Interest rates coming down would be a help,and I know Trump is working on that....
Also the illegals have driven up housing cost,and I know Trump is working on that.
I will request a sticky for you as I belive this is an important topic.
That isna big problem.
Not for me or you i guess. But it is a problem.
No offense, but you're kind of being a self important dumbass. The stock market is only "up" because of 10 AI/tech companies circle jerking each other by passing around contracts none of them can really afford. EVERY other sector is down significantly. We have MULTIPLE bubble ready to pop larger than 2008 and the great depression (auto loan bubble, private debt bubble, private equity bubble, commercial real estate bubble, etc.) Home sales are down year over year (another sign of a bad economy), so obviously they're not cheaper EVERYWHERE.
Yes CERTAIN items are down comparatively to what they were under biden, but look at it this way. If a pack of eggs went up 10X compared to what people could easily afford under biden, but now they've lowered to only 2X or 3X then yes they've gone down significantly, but they're still far above the "easy affordability level". That's an extreme example that really only applies to certain states like california, but the logic hold nation wide.
Likewise for every article about more jobs being made, you can EASILY find another article about jobs being lost due to some form or layoff or about how 50% or more of college graduates CANNOT find a job because no one will hire them.
We're not a cult, Trump isn't our god. We can and WILL disagree with him when something isn't entirely true. So get YOUR head out of your ass. Where do YOU get off telling other people who may be struggling to make ends meet to "get in line and stop complaining" when they barely have enough to make ends meet, or in some cases not even that?
Yes things are comparatively better by a large margin, but that doesn't magically mean everything is hunky dory and its like the 50s again economically.
If you aren't invested in the stock market, it's because you're not listening. Do you remember president Trump's first term? He talked about the stock market constantly, and how well the economy was doing. You would be a fool to not invest. I saw the other day the president Trump's net worth has increased by over three billion dollars over the last year. That's because he is a savvy investor. There are other indicators, but the stock market is the economy. Investors wouldn't pump things up if they didn't have value. Recessions and depressions aren't marked by home sales going down, or bubbles, it is always based on the stock market. If you have been investing in the past few years, everything should be much more affordable.
Maybe this all makes me sound like a dumbass, but the truth is often a hard pill for people to swallow. Everyone looks dumb until they aren't. People thought Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and even President Trump were dumb, until they made it big.
Most of the jobs being lost are easy, cushy jobs that don't contribute much value anyway. I noticed that plumbers, electricians, lumberjacks, nurses, and carpenters aren't having any trouble finding work.
MEANWHILE in the rest of the world EVERYTHING still sucks. Until the FED is officially DEAD I am not expecting anything but more pain.
If you expect pain you will get pain. I expect great prosperity amd i am looking at the changes coming and finding ways to capitalize on them.
Sorry, I agree and am totally on the same page, HOWEVER it does appear that it will take more supposed bad news in the interim to get EVERYONE on board.
"I don't think it gets any clearer than that. Gas is cheaper, eggs are cheaper, housing is cheaper, wages are up, inflation is down, there are lots of jobs out there (if you're willing to work), and the stock market is setting new records every week. If you're still struggling, then maybe you need some self-evaluation"
Fren, with all due respect, I'm glad you are doing well in whatever magical place you live, but in the rest of the country gas is the same price as under Biden, housing is at record costs, inflation is lower, but still a PITA, the job market is a shit show, and nobody has extra cash to gamble on the market.
But eggs are cheaper, so there's that.
Should I still evaluate myself when most of your premises are inapplicable in our part of the country?
I don't live in any magical place. Gas is cheaper because I'm able to drive less than I used to. I also save a lot of gas mileage by driving slower and making sure my tire pressure is optimum. The job market is fine for people who actually contribute to society (like plumbers, electricians, managers, and nurses). It only sucks for people wanting easy, cushy jobs, like working in tech. Housing might be expensive by some metrics, but the houses we are buying today are much better than they were 50 years ago, so the quality is going up, thanks to President Trump. We aren't the Soviet Union, so we're not just going to build a bunch of concrete apartment blocks to house everyone. Also, housing is a privilege, not a right, like some Liberals might suggest. It needs to be earned through hard word, just like everything else.
"Gas is cheaper because I'm able to drive less than I used to."
I work from home, I guess by that logic, gas is free for me. Hooray!
" It only sucks for people wanting easy, cushy jobs, like working in tech."
I've worked construction, done a little welding and been a mechanic. My cushy job in tech is far more demanding, stressful and my daily decisions have implications in the $thousands and sometimes $millions along with the livelihoods of many people. That and i'm on call 24x7 and never work less than 50 hours a week, often closer to 70 with a couple of all-nighters a month after working a full day. This is common in tech.
I still do construction in my off hours - just to relax.
"the houses we are buying today are much better than they were 50 years ago"
Bigger? Sure. Better - then you do live in a magical place.
I don't know if you've ever tried lived in an old house, but they are terrible. Uneven floors, walls made of chalk and sticks, and endless repairs. Things used to be rough.
Why hype the 50-year mortgage then? That's Klaus Scwab level "you'll own nothing and like it". A $300K mortgage paid over 50 years results in a $2K,month payment, over 50 years a sucker taking this loan would pay back $1,170,000K. Almost 4X the original loan amount. Highway robbery on steroids.
That sounds like the economy is working great.....FOR THE BANKSTERS.
They got the American people to believe in leasing cars, so hardly anybody owns them anymore now. The last straw is homes and property. Looks like the banksters win again. No more home owners, just renters if this gets implemented.
And why did Trump compare himself to FDR insinuating he was a "great" president. FDR is at the very bottom of the list with Manchurian candidate, Woodrow Wilson. FDR allowed the cabal to turn men and women into property using the "Trading with the enemies act"....where his DE FACTO REGIME (not "administration") legally defined we-the-people, the alleged "employers" of the government, as the ENEMIES OF THE STATE.
Nothing has changed to date. We're still reaping the non-benefits of that coup.
You can talk eggs, milk and gas all you like. Those are mandatory to keep low so the people don't revolt. It's a well known fact that the people will always turn against their RULERS when they have to spend 40%+ of their income on basic food and sustenance. This is why they must REGULATE and SUBSIDIZE what should otherwise be free and open markets. If the federal government never got involved in all these entirely UNLAWFUL and UNCONSTITUTIONAL activities, the people would have ran them out of town in the mid-1980s.
Unwinding ALL of the FDR regime's UNLAWFUL administrative state agencies would be a good place to start. Until then, it looks like Americans are indeed going to be heading towards "owning nothing and liking it".
There's a reason the zoomers clash with the boomers. And this is it in a nutshell.
Lower monthly payments, the ability to pay it down of the income is there. Most people sell between 5 and 7 years. Also many are not taking into account we are getting a new money system. And borrowing will be a standard rate of like 3 percent. If we could get housing down to 1/5 of an individuals income from the current 30 percent peoples money will go much further.
Are you aware that the bank uses YOUR MONEY to LEND to you, then charges you interest? That's how the system works. The problem? They never told us it was our money and this is what they're doing.
So most people who sell in 5-7 years are just PURE RENTERS then - owning nothing and liking it. With a 50 year mortgage, it's 100% interest payments up until like year 30 or so. Nothing going towards the principle loan ---of YOUR MONEY to begin with.
The entire system is rigged and it's all lies. All VALUE is based on the labor and energy of humans. The banksters and cabal simply devised a system to benefit them based on this fundamental principle. This is the whole "strawman" ALL CAPS NAME birth certificate system in which they use the "Cestui Que Trust" process. When we're born, the banksters/cabal creates a FICTIONAL LEGAL ENTITY that's the child's name "John Joe Doe", but in ALL CAPS -> JOHN JOE DOE. That's the "fiction".
They then tell us, that ALL CAPS NAME on all your official documents IS YOU. But it's not. It's their multi-million dollar "trust fund" that's based on the value of your lifetime of labor and energy. They've tricked us into being the TRUSTEE of that trust.
When you go to the bank to get a loan, they dip into that trust, take the money from it and then pretend to "Loan" it to you. It costs them nothing. They don't use any of "their currency". It's YOUR MONEY.
This is how the whole COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM functions. It's all a ruse that favors them and makes most humans miserable by forcing them to "work jobs" they really don't want.
I agree, there will be a new "financial system" that arises at some point. But Trump isn't working on that if he's lauding FDR and bragging about implementing a new 50-year mortgage. It's not "5D chess". It's more of the same "3D bankster deception", no matter how you slice it. It's an attempt to keep maintaining the existing financial system, any way you slice it. By making home ownership "more affordable" for the zoomers, it's really just turning them all into renters, benefiting the banksters even more than they already benfit. Now they will get people to pay them, not only their own money, but 4x their own money in interest.
It's just more of the same deception. And while "telling it like it is" is the last thing we're going to hear from Trump, government, media, academia, this is "what it is".
Truth is treason in the empire of lies - Ron Paul
Go check out what Ron thinks about the 50-year mortgage. He'll tell you the same....
The truth always stings. But thus far, Trump continues to uphold the entrenched cabal system. The whole immigration situation was being done by them to generate more "cestui que trusts" to uphold their faltering economic system. So he HAS done good things about this. I do give credit where credit is due.
But as I see it, Trump is still working on behalf of both the white and black hats, 50/50. This has always been the case throughout time. Neither side gets "full control". They share it to keep a balance.
All the rhetoric Trump puts out publicly is a red herring diversion from the underlying issue. Eggs, milk, bread, gas. Easy to control. Keeps the masses from revolting in their deep state of ignorance and lives of quiet desperation.
All this to say, the OPs reasoning on this particular topic was far from accurate. Until Trump and team comes out and tells us what's really been going on for the past century, the ignorance and unhappiness persists amongst the masses, and they'll continue to buy their subsidized food and fuel, having no idea what's really going on.
A 50-year mortgage means YOU decide when you pay. Nothing prevents you from paying it off early, but a shorter mortgage forces you to pay it off sooner. I would rather keep my money than give it to the bank.
President Trump comparing himself to FDR is just to troll the libs, who worship FDR, some literally.
No, the zoomers NEED the 50-year mortgage because they can't afford monthly payments above $2000/month. It's the banksters trying to rig the system to keep their slaves from revolting They could care less about "money", they have a "money tree" in their backyards. What they care about is stifling and suppressing their serfs and slaves. The 50-year mort-gage (Death Pledge) is the ultimate symbol of their unchallenged dominance over the ignorant masses...
President Trump proposed it. He wouldn't do this if he didn't think it was a good idea.
if you say so....
Trump is attacking the issue from multiple directions. The pieces are moving in the right direction. There are a few areas where he is working on increasing the supply. Beef is one. So he is getting Argentina beef that is screw worm free. And he is going after the meat packers for price collusion.
Dude.. “The (Covid-19) vaccine is one of the greatest achievements of mankind”
Pithy and pointed. 🙂
President Trump knows more than we do. Maybe it helped him more expose the deep state agenda. Maybe they added some vitamins in it. There are a lot of things that could easily make this true.
The affordability crisis is mostly affecting blue states/cities where majority of the US population lives and with it the normies.
Red states are thriving, look at Florida, because their low cost of living has compensated for the US Dollars deprecation (96.23%) since the founding of the Federal Reserve.
Which means your cost of living is cheaper than the value of 3.77% (100.00% - 96.23%) of the US Dollar.
The US Federal Reserve Note (Dollar) has to fail as part of the great awakening.
Look at the US Debt Clock.
Your not being affected by the liquidity crisis because you already own what Gen-Y and Gen-Z cannot, and with your op, you come across as tone deaf as any leftist.
Gen-X, Y, and Z are working for a dollar that's worth less than what the baby boomers worked for since boomers are the last US generation to work for a gold backed US Dollar.
Housing has gone down by how much? Lol young people are still struggling to afford homes. Once they get one, it's a struggle just to stay afloat. Every time I have made more money in my career, the inflation has followed suit. You are completely divorced from the reality of anyone under 40 years old.
I'm well past zoomer age, but is it at all possible that the behaviors you cite are the effect rather than the cause in some cases?
I've been working hard for over 30 years. Was keeping my head above water under Trump. Bidenflation set me back well past pre-Trump in terms of eroding my earning power, and I make a decent living. I haven't had a raise that kept up with inflation in over 10 years. Job hunting is a time-suck with little chance of return on that investment.
I don't want to be a doomer, but things are not getting better for us, and the suggestion of "starting a business" when nobody we know has spare cash to afford anything but necessities doesn't ring true as a viable course of alternative action.
In short, I can't say I blame the kids looking at the state of the economy and the job market, for just throwing their hands up and saying "to hell with this". Weed's about the only thing that seems to be affordable today.
Yes, and what percentage of the zoomers monthly income goes to their mortgage vs boomers in the 60s? Or Gen X in 80s-90s? Are they able to support their family comfortably with 6 figures like the generation before them?
Zoomers are more involved in the church than any other generation. They are the future of our country. If you know a zoomer who is like that, blame the parents. I refuse to treat the younger generation like your generation has treated mine.
Yeah, I have been sick of the negativity since August or so. So much ungratefulness that I want to walk away from the online world except I want to keep informed. President Trump has laid down his whole life and that of his family to fix this country and recapture the Republic and because people perceive things aren't happening, or aren't happening fast enough, they bitch and whine instead of thanking God for his mercy in sending us this beautiful president who only wants the best for our country and we Americans, what more could we ask for, really.
Group think is a dangerous philosophy encouraged by only the worst leaders. It weakens leadership and creates flawed outcomes. No leader with the exception of Jesus can be 💯 all the time. This is exactly why excellent leaders surround themselves with those who can be counted to have honesty and integrity no matter the outcome. IMHO it is the primary means society is exploited into accepting horrible concepts and ideas. Were we not “recruited” specifically because of our latent ablity to resist the narrative? Blindly agreeing with ANY leader is disrespectful to that leader. It also implies a need for self preservation with disregard toward outcome. https://sketchplanations.com/groupthink
Group think is only bad when you're wrong. When a group makes the right choice, they are considered to be wise and forward thinking. Further, you make a lot of good points about bad leaders with no honesty or integrity, which is why it is so good that we have President Trump. He has given so much for our country. He has been slandered and lost so much money, but he continues on because that is what good leaders do.
You talk a lot about the constitution, but the Democrats are weaponizing it. If we play their game, by their rules, we will lose. Sometimes, things have to change to make progress. We can't let the good stop us from reaching perfection. President Trump has a plan. We don't know all the details, and it might looks scary from our vantage point, but where we go one, we go all. Soldiers don't always understand the big picture, all we know is what is right in front of us. The question is, will we continue, or do we give up right before victory simply because we need to have a spirited discussion about our disagreements? We've had 10 years to figure this out, now is the time for action, not more talk.
Glad things are going well with you, we want all our frens comfy!
My brothers, both on social security fixed income, are struggling. Their biggest expense is obviously their rent. Mine is my mortgage. And both of those - rent and (fixed interest) mortgage - are not in Trump's control, and are going up every year. My mortgage goes up because my property taxes and insurance go up. I can shuffle my expenses to make it work by ditching some luxury out of my family's lives (for example, opting for a cheaper internet, shopping for cheapest power supplier, canceling streaming services, not eating out, etc etc) but my brothers (well, only one brother now, the other died sick in his apartment 2 months ago because he knew he couldn't afford a medical bill by going to the hospital), are really struggling.
So please, don't blanket-statement your comfort and joy onto the rest of the nation. Walk a mile in their shoes first.
That 👆!
one of the big issues are all the illegals here sucking the system.....its all supply and demand if the demand is up (with all the parasites) prices go up and stay high...reduce the demand and prices will go down....so step up the deportation levels into light speed.....reduce the demand and supply goes up prices go down....Trump does not have a magic wand...the swamp needs to go
It's a rip-off crisis
This is about destroying the global cabal. They have accumulated hoards of wealth and property, so that is what has to be destroyed first.
Prices won't come down because corporations have gotten their hands on this extra money. Their coffers are filled and all of the share holders expect nothing less. The bean counters will make certain of that. I spend more now at the grocery store than I ever have and it's just my wife and I. We're still way high on gas and I don't live in Commiefornia. Regardless of what Trump says, it's getting worse and not better.
You're part of the problem. Yeah things look bleak, if you decide to disregard one of the smartest and most farsighted leaders of our generation.
Question everything. Or did you forget Q told us this. Stay in your lane.
You are forgetting one of his most talked about phrases, TRUST THE PLAN. Questions are fine, but we're beyond that now. If something has been repeatedly proven over and over again, questioning becomes a waste of time.
Your so called correction falls to persuade. Go talk to yourself. You might find a willing listener.
I'm shocked that anons can't see that a brand new financial system is (literally) around the corner. FFS!
Whining and crying concerning the "status quo" and how it used to be, and it will never be like before.... GOOD! We don't want it to be LIKE BEFORE.
Everyone is in a different spot, I get it. Many are struggling, and many are not. But that's been the same for decades. Do your best, but plan for the NEXT system and stop complaining about the current (dead) system... instead watch it implode and enjoy the ride.
They all seem to prefer practicing their number comms. Whatever. The Financial bridge period ends this weekend. Ford is joining Hyundai selling used vehicles on the Amazon. That's what Trump calls affordability. But right now it's still across the river, where the grass is always greener.
Its gotten definately better. Part of rhebprice drops are a result of people slowing down on their purchases. The other part i believe is things are just getting cheaper. Last weak my fuel was 1.00 - 1.25 cheaper than one year ago. My favorite icecream is down 1.35 from just a month ago. A new e bike ive been watching is almost half of its asking orice anyear ago. ( i attribute this drop to an overproduction and under purchasing), a vehicle i just bought was listed 4k less than 4 months ago and the dealership told me they had a record month. Restaurants still lag behind i dont eat put alot but prices have lowered much in that area. Not proof but over all i think better than abyear ago for sure.
Housing is not cheaper. Where I live, the house 2 doors down from me use to rent for 850 about 5-6 years ago. It now rents for 1200 dollars, and the landlord requires you to sign a 3 year lease.
I bought the house I live in 2021 for around 50k. The houses in my neighborhood go for 80k at the lowest. One has sold for 90. These are 2 bedrooms, less than a thousand square feet homes in a town without much opportunity.
Now the reason why is due to the dollar becoming much weaker under the Biden administration due to the insane money printing. Trump can fix this if he can get some more wage growth coming, but the prices aren't likely to "come down" for hard assets like real estate, gold/silver etc.
Vehicles is one area where it appears people are doing well despite high prices. Lots of young people in pickups and giant SUVs. If they were worried about affordability, they'd be driving Civics and socking money away. But sales of cars is declining every year in favor of larger vehicles.
Inflation is down but prices will keep going up and our purchasing power down until we finally enter deflation.
Poor people tend to struggle more than those who are well off. It is normal for those who are well off to have a hard time understanding this.
I think OP is absolutely right. This is about perception and perspective.
Unsurprisingly, the Dems & media are screaming about the economic situation even though Trump's changes have led to rapid improvement in many sectors. What does surprise me is that so much of the patriot community is distracted by this. Why are we even having the argument? The whole world knows Obiden created this economy. Trump is moving mountains to improve things. Anyone who understands the economic peril we were in a year ago should be able to see that things are trending in the right direction.
There was a time when most here recognized that the precipice Q spoke of might include the appearance of impending economic collapse. Anyone not mentally prepared for that may be in for a bumpy ride.
You have got to be kidding. There absolutely is an affordability crisis. Lowering egg and gas prices by a few cents doesn’t even come close to the relief we need.
I’ve lived in a blue state all my life. Spent 45 years in tech. I am now on SSDI. Was forced into retirement in ‘14. Husband got cancer and he was forced into retirement in ‘22. Medicare is not free. Our SS wages are taxed. Something Trump was supposed to fix.
I’ve lived in the same house since ‘83. One more year on our mortgage because I had to refinance the house when my previous husband died. We have some of the highest property tax rates in the United States and our stupid neighbors just voted another mil for the schools sinking fund. We budget $250-300 a month in property taxes and they are going up! Not to mention home insurance.
We drive a paid off ‘16 Subaru. He has a ‘13 truck bought when my dad died to move his stuff. Michigan car insurance is ranked the 6th most expensive.
Our gas prices are up and down but hover around $3. Every time Trump gets it down Gretchen raises the tax per gallon. Michigan's state gas tax is currently set at 52 cents per gallon, effective January 1, 2026, following a planned increase from 31 cents per gallon. All while we drive on potholder roads and Gretchen installs two rounding round at each highway exit.
When Biden got “elected” we bought a wood stove. We get our wood free because my brother owns a woods. Hard work when you have our health issues and are in your mid 60s. We burn during the day. We try to go to bed at dark so we don’t need lights. Our bill still runs between $175-$200. Our energy provider just had an increase in April and is asking for another. All the time we watch our beautiful state is being destroyed by solar farms and battery plants.
We tend a garden every day in the summer, canning, freezing and dehydrating to feed us in the winter. My sister n law is a hunter and gifts us a processed deer for Christmas every year. We are eating two meals a day.
We make most of our family presents. This year for Christmas we are giving crocheted snowflakes, bird seed wreaths (with seed inherited from my dad), and antique tea cups with organic raspberry tea from our garden. I am making my 1yo grandson a garden box with assorted felt veggies.
I’m tired. I had such high hopes things would get better. Trump’s lack of focus on domestic issues is hard to take. I haven’t stopped trusting him. I’m just tired. Affordability? It depends on who you are and where you live.
Affordability Crisus:
Democrats Can't "Afford" to get caught and lose their power.
Prices of Everything will not drop until the price of Diesel drops. Who is responsible for the absurd price of diesel?
I would not call it a crisis, but c'mon now. I am not buying anything I don't need, nor am I hiring anyone for home projects, the labor and materials are more expensive, and gas is still over 3 bucks a gallon, around 3.50. Appliances are way more expensive than 2 years ago, if I need a replacement I plan to buy used or rebuilt. I already pay a ton for coffee because its organic and washed free of molds and histamines. My supplements are about the same, I buy through Life Extension and they have good quality supplements and if you are a regular customer, the subscribe and save is much less expensive. I also get a lot of my groceries through a place called Misfits Market. They buy out the surplus of things like organic olive oil, slightly blemished produce here and there, all organic, staples like flour and cheese and yogurts, sugar, snacks, etc are much cheaper than my local food co op. I can honestly say I am saving over 200 dollars a month, they source from places that have surplus produce that will not sell in time, fresh produce, so I get blueberries, kale, cabbage, carrots broccioli apples, pumpkins and squash, all organic foods, for much less. I am happy with the program, I know we are supposed to shop local, but with things delivered I save on gas, being rural and all. I have not been in a "normal" supermarket for years. I have chickens, but its winter, their pastured organic eggs are around 5 bucks a dozen, at the co op the local eggs that are pastuered and organic are 7 bucks. I spend that much on protein because my schtick is humane farming practices, I am willing to pay more to farmers that take that seriously. I do eat animals, but they don't have to suffer in a factory farm before they are killed for my nutrition.
I am doing ok.
But things are not good for a lot of folks. I am trying to help people I care about find work.
If you look at LinkedIn. I have never seen this many people saying they are about to lose their homes!!!
This is happening in to all backgrounds of people. The deep state is hitting Trump back with these job losses and blame AI.
In reality… they are trying to sink Trump’s tariff plan.
So Trump is lying. Things are not good at all.
When he says trillions of investments are coming into the country.
Where is the jobs being created with that money?
The cost of meat and eggs doesn’t mean much.
In my view. Trump will have no choice but to push the abolition income tax and property taxes.
Not my former app dev manager who got cut and can't find a job.
Correct..
I get a lot of the DEI hires are being sent packing. But at some point.
We still have to find them jobs.