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11. When was it that TPTB stopped preaching...

Reply to FLPanhandle (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 04:39 PM

Feb 2015

... PROGRESS? Maybe around/just after NAFTA-time? I have learned over the past 20 years that their "Progress" is the underdevelopment of this country.
This news is just another sign of our digression as a society.

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Rent affordability will deteriorate over next two years: Zillow CEO [View all] FLPanhandle Feb 2015 OP

Eventually people will simply have to take BACK what has been stolen from them. randys1 Feb 2015 #1

They'll have to get past Obama's 30,000 armed drones patrolling U.S. neighborhoods, first. blkmusclmachine Feb 2015 #3

Wall Street went out and bought up all of the cheap distressed properties they helped to put in that Dustlawyer Feb 2015 #5

Don't count on it. Surviving keeps people too busy. Having a place to live causes people freshwest Feb 2015 #10

Those who tried to scare people away from buying a home after 2009 geek tragedy Feb 2015 #2

So where is "The Rent Is Too Damn High Party" when you need them? world wide wally Feb 2015 #4

2Xs what wages are gaining, 4Xs what SS will pay. Add in 20% cut in 2016 = no place to live. freshwest Feb 2015 #6

My thoughts exactly... StarzGuy Feb 2015 #9

I hear you. And the ripple effect will savage many others in jobs and housing. freshwest Feb 2015 #13

I know it is rough, but since you are on SSDI, you may want to move. happyslug Feb 2015 #14

The shocking reality of this PSPS Feb 2015 #7

This is exactly why I have preferred to own SheilaT Feb 2015 #8

When was it that TPTB stopped preaching... ReRe Feb 2015 #11

According to plan. silverweb Feb 2015 #12

A good friend of mine likes to say LiberalElite Feb 2015 #15

He is wrong, right now I am making more money then my landlord happyslug Feb 2015 #16

That's bullshit n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2015 #17

It's her opinion as a result of being a renter LiberalElite Feb 2015 #18