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This type of tax would destroy our family. We came from nothing and don’t have much. The one thing we did right was invest in a home. But we don’t make the kind of money to be able to afford the current income taxes or the current real estate taxes so that has made it difficult to save for retirement in a way that would allow us to live somewhat comfortably in retirement. So if something like this were to suddenly lower to our middle class income, it would wipe us out in the first year’s taxes alone and leave us with nothing. It would force us to sell, have far less to put down on a retirement property, and then taxes on that new property would put us under again and force us to sell again, and in less than 5-8 years we will be left with absolutely nothing, unable to afford another home or even rent. It’s literal robbery of everything we worked hard for. It’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard and I’m not even a financial expert.
They hate us and want us to have nothing, and like it😱Keep praying for a massive R win in November and in addition, make sure everyone you know is registered to vote and votes early!🇺🇸
I think it helped Ron Johnson win in WI last time. It should be adopted by every state government outside the parties. They're supposed to work for us. But that won't happen (I'm in MI; no chance). Bottom line: if you're facilitating the cheating, why would you allow a system that exposed the cheating?
It does seem like this is the ultimate globalist objective. How do you destroy the middle class in the US… it’s going to revolve around destroying wealth … and one of the way middle class Americans rise is through owning a home and growing their wealth.
‘You will own nothing. And be happy.’
Narcissist’s occasionally tell you the truth. If you’re listening carefully.
they’re using the Ukraine model as a template here…
Ukrainians we’re paying 50% of their gross income to energy costs before the invasion… so essentially the middle class was bled dry… hemorrhaging money for gas, heating and cooling and electricity
I know one middle class family that is losing their home… they’re being pushed out …by inflation… they were barely hanging on… and now… can’t keep their home
and this has to be going on all over the country with inflation and rising energy costs!
Yep, got a pal round the corner bought a modest home, here in Florida. Because the market here went crazy for about six months, he can no longer afford the insurance, because it’s got to cover the home at double the price he was paying. His insurance went up by 3x. Nice. Yay Joey.
The Senate passed a bill 23-11 on Tuesday that would help pay for home down payments for illegal immigrants in California, with the newly passed bill going to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk for either a final approval or veto.
Truthseeker, I believe we are seeing the Tower of Babel in reverse: what God scattered has come together again, for the same purpose, which is to set themselves up in place of God. If this is so, it will not end well for them. It may very well be the beginning of The End. If so, come Lord Jesus!
I will say that we should try this new tax law for a year or two……on them. Unrealized capital gains sounds great, right…right?
Why don’t you show me the way and put your money (the one you didn’t have before you became a politician)where your peanut brain is, this stupid political Rats are unviable. Let’s understand first that they are running out of things to tax, everything is a tax but the worst is the inflation tax which robs you of 30% of your purchasing power every year. It’s compounded theft. The reality is the dollar has lost its value 97% and that’s the biggest tax. Period.
Carlos—excellent idea. A vote for KH/Coach would automatically sign the voter up for their policies. Wonder how big of a landslide would roll to the DJT ticket. Nice dream. Put the policies on the ballot, not the personalities.
I think the INTENT is to get people who have owned their homes for years (eg. Boomers) out of their homes. Blackrock will swoop in, buy them up and voila, MIGRANT and Citizen RENTAL properties, managed by the Government so NOW you are dependent on Government largesse for your home. You will own nothing and be happy. Communism seeps out of every pore of Kamala’s body.
I live in California, and on the radio I have started hearing lots of ads from outfits that say "we want to buy your home". They offer about 75% of the assessed value and claim you don't have to deal with real estate agents, banks, etc. They just buy it outright for cash. I would guess that a lot of homeowners in trouble take advantage of this. And who knows anything about these companies.
Yes, these are the vultures coming in for the kill after the fake pLandemic caused massive inflation and businesses, jobs lost - so many people living off their credit cards for SO long and they are drowning in debt. This is the plan to take down the most powerful middle class in the world. And now illegal aliens by the millions in the country, using education, medical, housing and given debit cards that AMERICANS pay for! Tipping the entire country into chaos. Look at Aurora, CO if you want a look at the near future in your own city or town.
And they know this! Our homes are, for most of us, our biggest sources of wealth. Even in small yards, we can grow enough to achieve food independence. It’s the only place we have the right to defend with lethal force (not sure about you, CA). And (with the help of a proper judiciary) the one place we can forbid the government from physically intruding upon on a whim. That’s a lot of power to allow The Masses, we “useless eaters”. Trump is their proving ground. He is who we are (with the possible exception of a few billions of dollars 😁). He is a lightning rod for government anger upon dissent and the picture of what is coming for us.
I keep picturing that scene from Dr. Zhivago where he comes home to find people occupying his home. I wonder how BHO and his spouse would react if that happened at even one of their mansions.
And they treat the illegal aliens better than their own taxpayers! Real Robin Hood’s only in reverse! And they say Republicans are the party of the rich!
I think that’s the point. Blowing up the middle class. They can’t have people independent of government. They want a dependent class. A dependent class can’t assert autonomy. Then they are open to be colonized by Globo-Cap, turned into digital serfs whose “data” (aka life) can be harvested and sold. It worked so well with social media, why stop at online behavior?
To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be GOVERNED is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be placed under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonored. That is government.
That's why this Orwell 1984 shirt is perfect for these times 👇
Were this ridiculous type of tax to be implemented, it would precipitate civil war in this country. Untold numbers of people, and more particularly seniors, would be unable to pay such a tax and would literally be out of their homes and on the streets. I can't imagine any sane person would vote for this. Or allow this.
Most private sector individuals do NOT owe taxes on earnings. The IRS tax code plainly describes that the income tax is an excise tax that only applies to those who have the privilege of working for the federal government or live in DC. See 26 USC 3401(a) (c).
Read the book “Cracking the Code” free online at losthorizons dot com. There you can look up my complete filing and see a copy of my refund check for more than $63;000. The IRS even corrected a small mathematical mistake we had made in our amended 2021 1040x filing. Do not fear the IRS. Study the tax code. File amended returns for the past three years ( statute of limitations) and claw back the money you paid unnecessarily.
If the Dems win( God PLEASE forbid) I bet Mar a Lago will soon increase in value, likely double what Trump says it's worth. And then they'll charge him with tax evasion. Marchan will randomly be selected to adjudicate
They say in the NY case, that his properties aren't worth very much and cry fraud was committed because he overvalued his property and was overly benefitted by it -- oh no, he was loaned too much money and paid it back! Horrors!
What's to stop them from saying later, Trump was right, it's worth what he said, so we can tax him on the "unrealized gain" between what, $18M and $100M?
This is pure economic nonsense, corruptly-motivated thinking, and "dangerous to our democracy!" (Republic!)
These people are thieves at heart. That's what I believe.
Regarding Trump's loans: Does ANYONE with half a brain really think a bank would loan money in the millions on a property based on the property's owner's belief in its worth? Really? Everyone knows that banks always do their own value assessment and then they they will make a loan based on THEIR determination of value. Trump would have put what he thought the property was worth as a mere starter, and then the bank determined if that was accurate from their point of view as a lender. They always have to know they can recover their money in case of default.
How stupid is the left? How stupid do they think people are?
And to elaborate (and add insult to injury) on the example Jeff laid out for us in the article: there was a GAIN in the first year. Fully taxable. However, there is a LOSS in the second year. Guess what? Capital Losses are only deductible up to $3,000 per year. That is an example of the government having its cake and eating it too!
Tax on unrealized stock gains is STUPID because the following year they will need to issue refunds as stocks fluctuate daily. It just more paperwork and government interference into citizens lives.
and where exactly is the cash to pay the tax supposed to come from - guess the government will be in the business of accepting property to pay the tax - just when you think it can get any more absurd democrats always prove you wrong
They do for the real estate in my IRA. Which I have to do annually. They even accept the tax assessor's figure, which in Connecticut works out to be about 60% of the market value. But, I certainly don't want to have to explain my finances to them, nor do I want to be taxed on the value of the asset twice.
Nice to know I’m in such wonderful company! I’m quite sure it was in Jeff’s mind somewhere (I say affectionately). Even if it was on the bottom of his Stack of Stuff (nod to you, Rush), he snags all the things flying past me at warp speed.
So if unrealized cap gains applies to homeowners, how does that work when the bank really owns the property (mortgage still in play)? And what if the mortgage is under water (if homes dump in value)? And what about 401ks? And other tax sheltered monies?
Commiefornia is a single party state. They are making so much progress towards utopia! Kong sounds like a character out of Training Day or The Shield. Colorado is headed that way too, it appears armed illegals have taken over several apartment buildings in Aurora. Rich resistance heroes like Kamala, Obama, and Oprah live in non diverse neighborhoods with walls and armed security to protect themselves from the cultural enrichment they have unleashed on the country.
Same but still here. I’m surrounded by like minded folks in my community and up and down the state but we are an exception as seen by results from our elections. 🧐
Sarah, Oregon's "all mail in ballots" has been around for quite a while. Started experimenting in 1981, getting more serious in 1995 and became the system in 2000. Always touted as the great example of the right way to do an all mail in election. If they mean the best way to cheat to win election and hide it, that's correct. They don't clean up the voter rolls for deceased or moved voters. In any given year they can extract that data and they know exactly how many "fake" votes the have to insert into an election to throw it their way. And no one is the wiser. I've read recently the number of false ballots available is in the hundreds of thousands. Perfect crime to establish a permanent Democrat majority and one party rule. Disgusting.
Having moved from Oregon 20 months ago and living there for 43 years I did some investigating when COVID hit in 2020. The last Republican Governor for the state of Oregon was Vic Atiyeh which was 1987. That same year was when the vote-by-mail was implemented. Coincidence?
What about Equity Inclusion and Diversity??? Every 8 years the elected seat must be taken by a different Party than the Previous...AI can weed out the Fking Fraudsters
I just came across this article....not sure how much of a difference it will make but at least it's a positive trend...Republican voter registration is up in hopelessly Blue California!
-- the number of US Representatives a state has in DC is determined by a census every 10 years which counts non-citizens, both legal and illegal ones, for their calculations... so how many extraneous DC Representatives do we suppose some states have where they encourage and embrace a high non-citizen population?
California doesn't get talked about as much as Arizona and Texas regarding the southern border:
BUT it may be worse in some ways -- free and reduced healthcare and tuition benefits to illegal immigrants often exceed those given to citizens due to the policies for assistance approval -- since at least before I left there in 2004. I can't imagine it's any better now, and it's probably worse. It was very attractive to illegal immigrants to head to California, and the agricultural labor market (and others) had a financial motive for enabling this.
I worked in the business office of a county health clinic and "daisy chaining" was a thing we talked about way back then. Even before "sanctuary cities" were a thing.
[Trump is the first President who talked and did what he could about stopping the "anchor babies." ]
Women would "visit" from Mexico (mostly) and then have their babies here, which began a daisy chain of relatives coming over to join the baby in the United States, under the banner of keeping families together.
I recall reading in the early 2000s that 1 in 10 of the US population is in southern California, 1-8 in California as a whole. It may have shifted downward since 2004 with people fleeing to other states, but it's just as likely that those losses have been made up with some of the people coming over the southern border.
Ben Berquam and Oscar Blue have produced video clips of some of these migrants, asking men as they board buses to come into the US where they were from and where they were headed, and many were Chinese men headed for California...
THAT's a mess.
Oh, and all those homeless -- the zombies who are openly doing drugs on the streets -- and the criminals they let have free reign but who should be in jail without the right to vote -- ALL the enabled bad behavior helps get "votes" for Democrats.
I am a native Washingtonian, moved to Kalifornistan in 1984...lived in NW & NE Cali until '97 when I moved to Santa Barbara County. Perfect weather here in Santa Maria but the town has morphed from a lovely sleepy little coastal ag town to the Third World. Our problem is: where do we go from here? The real estate markets have seen CA cash-outs yet again ruin formerly affordable areas (Californicating America one state at a time). It started in the 80's...and it's done it over & over. No wonder we are reviled everywhere we move.
I just read the town of Lancaster outside LA having a big illegal pot issue. It’s grown inside the homes so pesticides and mold from the humidity. Then the former pot homes are sold and buyers not aware of the toxins within.
San Clemente, CA to Sandy, UT. But, two years ago bought a condo back in San Clemente (long story) so now have a foot back in. Ugh. Crazy thing is it's actually up almost 200k since 2022.
People assume all of CA RE is tanking by that's not so. Places that are nice and relatively crime free are still going up as people from LA, SF, NY discovered them and move in. Kinda like they realize they gotta get out of LA but can't stand the idea of leaving CA. It will eventually all collapse..... hopefully I've sold before then (Kamala will probably just relieve me of it).
5th Gen Cali native. Family founded the state in the 1850's. Got married and moved around a lot, but settled in Idaho. Blessed that Hubs job facilitated this building of our forever home in a very rural spot. He is an factory engineer on a Bering Sea fishing vessel that is based out of Seattle, so he goes to work for months at a time. Or did. Retirement is close at hand. We bought a place in FL to be near his snowbird family who spend winters there. Sarasota area. So, ID and FL.
CDA is beautiful. It is now becoming one with Spokane. I loved living there. Yep, I have lived a lot of places. We even lived in the UK in the late 80’s. We were too young and dumb to realize how actually awesome that was. Like the man says “Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people!” (the guy from It’s a Wonderful Life)
When my husband and I got married in 1969, we were driven to see the world. We got our degrees and started living/working all over the world and traveling our brains out. Our families criticized us, saying we should "establish" ourselves and travel later in life. Thank goodness we rejected that advice, because what we did worked out well for us. If we'd waited until now, we wouldn't have gone anywhere. We've lived in 5 countries and traveled/visited in 45. I'm so grateful we did this in the 1970's and 80s when we were in our 20s and 30s, things were so different then. I would theoretically like to travel again, but the way things are, I really wouldn't do it now.
Have to agree Patrice. My wife and I chose to retire in Maricopa in March 2022. We anticipated Kari Lake winning the Governor race but somehow Katie Hobbs won. We moved from oppressed Oregon having Governor Kate Brown destroy the state and now Tina Kotek took her place and is worse. The Dems are destroying our country state by state. We need to have Donald J Trump win the election and take back the Senate. Continue to lift up our country in prayer!
It’s hard to imagine a worse governor. Totally illegitimate and stupid to boot. We have a completely open lawless border yet her latest accomplishment was a new state logo.
Forty years ago I went to Paulden AZ to attend Gunsite training with Col Cooper (since deceased but the school lives on). It's high desert but that maybe is a good place to live. At the time it was a ranching community. When you went into the local grocery store, at least half of the shoppers were packing sidearms, women included. I concluded this store never gets robbed.
We are fighting to get our state out of the hands of the Liberals. The big cities are locked in with the corrupt form of government and they have a highly concentrated population of liberals but Riverside county is not because of our sheriff who understands constitutional law. He ignores the zany unconstitutional laws and mandates. But one man isn’t enough. I live in a town that has been very conservative but the crazies are here now in big numbers and perverting minds. They start small, on the school boards. They go after our kids. They are being exposed and we are in a war here. We need to start small in any government or public service capacity and work our way up. I am so tired of the constant screaming and lying to get their way…the insane policies…it is so embarrassing how they behave. We will overcome and stop this insanity or die trying. All people of California are not corrupt liberal groupthinkers. We are struggling to survive but are fighting to take our towns back. The media is the biggest vehicle of loony rhetoric and persuasion.
I firmly believe the massive LEFT LEAN of WA has resulted in the downfall of Boeing. I have friends who used to be so proud to work there, it was a status job. ESG and DEI Liberal forces have destroyed the company. God only knows how many totally unqualified people work there just because of skin color, gender, disability. - certainly MERIT has no place in the job application. WA has become a joke.
California has areas that are amazing, the quality of life is beyond anything most can comprehend. Perfect weather, clean cities, low crime, spectacular natural beauty, and great people. Mountains and beaches are within an hour of two drive. A few examples include South Orange County, Thousand Oaks, Palos Verdes, and Santa Clarita. These are all in the LA area but are the furthest thing imaginable from the dump of LA City.
The catch is that you need some coin to live in the good areas, you need to have enough money to isolate yourself from the left's pathology. It's a shame but it's true as I live in one and know first hand. It's fantastic.
Most of the California haters either never lived here or if they did they lived in a lousy area. I don't see to many on here bragging about how they escaped from Newport Beach.
Hear, hear! We live in the Bay and love our incredible weather and that we have the beach and mountains within an hour's drive. I'm working on local elections and election integrity to change California.
I'm sick and tired of people who have never lived here, or who fled the state criticizing us. We stayed to fight for California. And for all those people who left California for a red state, understand that as it goes in California, so goes it in the rest of the nation. If we don't save California, it's going to become the template for other states. Look at what's happening in Austin.
Extremely well said, Jeanne. It’s tragic, what has happened out there, and you are right to remind us that CA is one big warning to the rest of us. All respect to you and those who fight for such worthy ground. We’d do well to look upon CA as a metaphor for our country and ask ourselves if we’re really going to just pick up and leave her. The world has a Texas and we’re it. There’s no better place.
We have to get rid of California’s jungle “open” primary first. That has resulted in local elections with two democrats on the ballot if a Republican didn’t make the cut in the primary. I am stunned and thrilled that Republican Steve Garvey may have a shot at one of our senate seats (and disgusted that weaselly Adam Schiff might get the other).
This is not unlike the issue of illegal aliens (at least the small segment that are just jumping the line for a better life, as opposed to drug dealers child trafficking & gang members) leaving a corrupt political & economic system, when the honorable thing to do is to stay and fight the system and make it better. Bravo for you!
Austin. Culture changed by the influx of Californians. They bring it with them as they “escape”. Sorry that has been our experience and thus their reputations precede them.
We have the same in Illinois. Chicago was such a great city. The lakefront is beautiful. Crook County Dems are intent on destroying it and taking the rest of the (red) state down with it.
Fled the state? Or escaped? I couldn't afford to rent in California, and that was in a marginal area. I'm glad you are fighting the good fight, and I agree that as California goes, so goes the country (perfect example: Kamala), but resenting people who fled because they couldn't live there are not your enemy.
♥ 100%. My people are still there. I followed the man I married. Left when I was 22. Mom is 97 and still lives in California. We are heartbroken over the state of our state, the state her family founded. I didn't know I was 'escaping' or 'fleeing' when I left in 87. I was pretty proud to be from California back then.
I lived there all my life, growing up it truly was a "Golden State". When I escaped was the height of lockdown, please inform on your neighbors if they have visitors, keep your mask on, follow the arrows but stay 6 feet apart, keep those church doors locked tight, absolutely do not walk on the beach or climb a mountain or play on a playground. By comparison, Phoenix, even in July heat was paradise.
But you could go to the bar or pot store, but lock that church! Man is so evil. I see what happened and am like “why did we fall for that?!” But I say never again, just like most of us say it. So…they are going to have to get us another way. I just wonder what form THAT will take? I have a feeling none will escape just by geographical location either. I hope I am wrong.
I guess different places were different. We were outside all the time. Our neighbors weren’t like that, etc. Our (former church) was open, close, masks, distancing, etc. We then went to Jack Hibbs church which is aver an hour away. Until we found a better church in our area, which we now attend.
So true Jeff. My family moved to gorgeous San Jose, CA from Alabama in the 60s when I was entering high school. CA had the best of everything - especially the geography, a Mediterranean climate which exists in only a few small spots in the whole world. In the 60s, Santa Clara Valley was transitioning to Silicon Valley and there were still apricot orchards in San Jose. The old ranch families that had been there for generations were very bitter as they saw their agricultural way of life destroyed in one generation by the influx of people and the electronics industry. Now politics has made CA uninhabitable. I moved to FL in the 80s not realizing I was escaping the political rape of CA. But I very much miss California the beautiful land. Closest thing to heaven on earth I've ever experienced.
Yes! I grew up with figs, oranges, almonds, pomegranates and grapes on our property. 60's to 80's. Beautiful. I hour from Tahoe, 1 hour from The City. You don't realize what you have until it is gone. Man has done more to destruct this nation and the actual land than any act of God ever could and it makes me sick. I am also thinking of the desecration of the American Bison and the dust bowl and the rape of California when I speak of this....and these are just 3 of so effing many.
My mom used to say (speaking of North Orange County where I grew up) that one can only have paradise for a short period. The reason being that everyone wants in on it and they ruin it.
That's exactly what happened to much of Southern California. There are areas that still are a paradise though, and it's only because those who would ruin it can't afford to live in them. Those of us who are lucky enough to live in these areas guard our quality of life the way some people protect their children. Just the other day some graffiti showed up on a construction site fence. I emailed the City Manager and it was gone within eight hours. Also the Contractor was informed they are required under city code to immediately remove it going forward and would be held accountable. It's typical of how our city operates, the small stuff that other cities ignore is not tolerated.
At one point in my life I would have found this oppressive. Now I realize it's the only way to keep things from going to hell in a handbasket.
But I would say by experience that it’s not, really not what it used to be. By far….
Yes I used to live there. Daughter lives there, step son lives there and I visit often, but I would never change my Texas or Florida for that. Thinking now on North Carolina,🤔
Don’t go is my advice. I lived there for 15 years and left 10 years ago for FL. My daughter lives in Raleigh. What a liberal mess and overrun with illegals now. They also have those solar paneled cameras all over the roads recording 24/7. Cooper was the latest to drag down that state. I feel sorry for the good conservative folks who don’t live in the cities.
Go to SANE Carolina- South Carolina. NUTS Carolina is 6 miles from us in SC and from what I can see Cooper and his nutjob Public Health Czar, Mandy something or other, have messed up NC. The conservatives are working on reclaiming their sanity, hopefully Robinson will win Governorship.
I am originally CA native from the Ventura county area and left a long time ago. When I was there, we called LA, SMELL-A. (as children, we knew). It was a pit then and I am sure it is worse now. Thousand Oaks was a growing city, but still far from the pit. I saw a map of that area: Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura….all over-developed now, and was once mostly farmland. Wow!
I've lived in Simi Valley (neighboring Thousand Oaks) for 46 years. Massively over-developed is right! Our Valley used to be expansive groves of citrus trees. Now it's just all housing developments and (mostly) empty industrial buildings. :(
I lived in the next town over and only because I live with my family otherwise I couldn’t afford to live here, but I must say it is great to live here, and every Saturday I see many Trumpers at the Pier 🇺🇸❤️🙏🏻
Have lived in CA most of my life, with only a 6 year "purgatory" stay in MN. Thank God it wasn't longer, nor permanent. All the while, I was California dreaming and hoping for a return. As bad as things seem to be here, AND THEY ARE, things are MUCH WORSE elsewhere!
By God's Grace and WITH His Help, we are staying here to FIGHT! It takes courage to see the decay, especially when you've had better years, and keep praying, fighting and moving forward. I recall Dr. James Dobson words on raising children, "parenting isn't for cowards" that's how I feel about holding the line here in California - it isn't for cowards.
My daughter and I drove it (around 2002) from Monterey Bay area to Santa Barbara, and it wasn't very well paved and slow going, just the thing for a meandering scenic drive without a lot of traffic, so she could get her learner's permit driving miles under her belt and we could visit her best friend who had graduated from high school a year early and enrolled in the University of Santa Barbara. We drove all the way down, visited Rose, stopped for a sourdough bowl of clam chowder somewhere along the way, and drove home. All in one day.
I had always pictured SoCAL as the Beach Boys and Hollywood portrayed it to be. I was mildly disappointed when I visited but the beaches and sunsets lived up to the hype.
Santa Clarita. Couldn't wait to get the hell out. Left 25 years ago. It's an island of wealthy people now surrounded by a mote of crap. 35 years ago it's where people who couldn't afford Los Angeles moved to buy houses
Yes, by all means you don't want to live around "wealthy people" with their clean streets, mowed lawns, and freshly-painted houses. Much better to live in neighborhoods with cars parked on the front lawns and people letting their dogs crap on your property.
Do you realize how ridiculous this sounds? Most people earn their wealth through hard work. Hard work results from good habits leading to pride in ownership, consideration of others, and taking care of what they have. Not always of course, but generally speaking. Wealthy people don't have drunken blow out parties, race their motorcycles up and down residential streets. and blast their music at 90 dBA bothering everyone else.
Santa Clarita and Simi Valley were both where the poor people moved when then couldn't afford the San Fernando Valley. Simi in particular was decidedly low rent, most residents apparently weren't familiar with operating a lawn mower. Now they are the exact opposite and are highly desirable bedroom communities. Both have dramatically improved from what they once were thanks to those "wealthy" people.
I apologize for not making myself clear. I myself being a nurse was what you would call”low rent” until I was in my 50’s. I always cared for the places I lived like my own and never left a property that wasn't in as good condition or better than when I moved in. I followed all the rules and was a good neighbor.
The problem with the area was not the condition of the neighborhood. It was the minds of people that were fortunate enough to buy in early and get wealthy and somehow convinced themselves they were better than those who couldn't. Santa Clarita just became a high rent sh*thole polluted with a condescending holier than thou ideology.
My husband bought his first home in Simi close to 40 years ago, even though he worked in Santa Monica then... His house today belongs to his eldest daughter and the real estate in that neighborhood has appraised to close to one million... not bad for trying to get ahead through perseverance and hard work...
As much as I would like to leave for financial reasons I agree, raised my kids in Thousand Oaks and now live in a smaller South OC city. My husband, a native and has never left has difficulty understanding you can’t find California somewhere else, so stop looking when thinking about moving.
My wife and I came to the conclusion we'd need two homes, one for the Summer, one for the Winter. Otherwise we'd be miserable part of the year due to the weather. We both grew up in OC and realize there isn't much else like it.
We'll likely will move out of state after retirement as we have massive home equity and I'd like to access that to help my kids buy their own homes. I'm willing to put up with bad weather a few months each year if it means I can help my kids get a foothold.
California isn’t “becoming” a DemoncRAT super majority; it has been for a long time. First thing I thought of about the Kong story was the Jack Nicholson movie “Chinatown”
Colorainbow's GOP is in a Civil War....we're so screwed here it's dam near time to leave this place to the Wolves and RINOs. Eli Bremmer leading doing the dirty work of Anti-MAGA coalition against Dave Williams, the self-inflicter Chairman who took the wheel after Burton-Brown looted the Chairmanship. Fools all. It's ranked voting on the way and Dems targeting every Rep. County and Sheriff at this point--political Annihilation
I grew up in Colorado Springs and always planned to retire there, but it’s changed so much that’s not the plan anymore. I’ll just visit occasionally and find somewhere else to retire.
There's a ton of infighting within the WA GOP too. Because of that, we'll likely end up with our most corrupt governor yet, though I'm hoping sanity miraculously prevails this election.
It saddens me to think about how far CO has fallen. I lived there before moving to WA. I moved there in the early 2000s when it a still pretty red and watched it evolve into a purple state, then pretty blue by the time we moved. Now it's not even a swing state anymore. So depressing.
Miracles always are possible, but the primary numbers for the corrupt Ferguson were staggering. I don’t think the east side of the state can fight that without a miracle. Also, I think elections in WA have been cheated for decades. Dino Rossi ran twice against Gregoire and the Dems just recounted until they “won” by around 200 votes. Twice. Today we have Inslee’s warped policy of sending a ballot to everyone with a driver’s license, which of course illegals can have.
Yes there was that one Orange County election where it all mysteriously flipped to D at the last minute. I always believed it was a test case to see if they could do this in other places and on a bigger scale. I think we know the answer!
I've only been here since 2017, but it sure was strange in 2020 when, poof, at 8p the gubernatorial election was called for Inslee. I voted for Culp and honestly didn't expect him to perform well because he was too conservative of a candidate for WA, but it was still strange when we had no results then they suddenly appeared. My friend and I sat there saying, What is going on?
I pray Reichert can pull off a victory. I try to tell myself that 55% of voters here didn't want Ferguson, based on the primary. If huge numbers can turn out, maybe it'll be too big to rig.
The problem is that the wealthy elite leftists have the money to move to the beautiful, desirable places. They buy up homes, build more high end homes that only the wealthy can afford, and eventually the original "natives" are priced out of their own area. Where I live in the N. CA foothills is a good example. I moved here in 1987 and it was a small, gold rush area with two little towns close together. It was a big artist type area, tourists love it, but it mostly appealed to older, retired people. Homes were nice but modest, and only a few expensive areas with large new homes. And it was conservative here for the most part. Then the rich L.A. and Bay Area lefties discovered it, started buying up homes (and second homes), and also building some very expensive homes that weren't actually suitable for the mountain area, and they of course voted Democrat. Sadly, now this area is more dominated by the left. Yesterday I noticed a couple of Harris-Wall signs, although few people up here even put bumper stickers on their cars. That said, there are a lot of Trump supporters here with giant signs or flags, so all is not yet lost.
A friend recently moved to Littleton, CO, via a carrot dangled in front of her by her daughter, promising a free place to live, resembling a B&B for their friends and relatives. She's like a hostess. The costs associated with the move were not anticipated...everything is WAY more expensive, like car insurance. The politics are worse than predicted. With the frequency of calls to me, she's obviously miserable.....and exhausted. It breaks my heart.
Where is that streaming? Quit cable in March and always looking for new good programs. Right now watching " We Were the Lucky Ones" on Hulu. Bringing me to tears at times but important to see. We must not let those horrors happen again. Like Trump says "fight, fight, fight".
It is ironic that these people have fences around their homes or live in gated communities in order to keep the riff-raff out, but they oppose fences and protection at our country”s borders.
….and the fools who know this….. Continue voting Dem. Idiots among us. How did we even get here? Hmmm Dems get away with murderous conduct while Repubs just sit back and watch.
Harris is trying to position herself as being from Oakland, CA. In case you don't know about Oakland, most of it would qualify as a "hood." She thinks she can fool people into thinking she has real street cred because of Oakland. Well, she's not really from there, didn't really spend much time there, so that's fake posturing. If you want to see some of Harris' Utopia for yourself, take a trip to Oakland. Or go to once beautiful downtown San Francisco. Those are her model cities for the rest of America. But wear a bulletproof vest and knee-high wader boots for your trip to these progressive-utopian Democrat cities.
All my life I knew to avoid Oakland. I used to love San Francisco, surely one of the world's most beautiful cities. Now I wouldn't go there even if you paid me. It is ruined.
Connecticut has NO Republicans in statewide office, or in its congressional delegation. 30 years ago we had a Republican governor, AG, 1 Senator, and 4 of the 6 representatives were Republicans. At the same time, my little town had a five-person board of education. The Republicans would nominate 4 candidates, assuring the Dems of at least one seat, just to be fair. Today the board is made up of 5 Dems, just to be fair.
I saw a video about the Aurora apt bldgs. So much for illegals not allowed to carry. The one guy leading the pack seemed to be quite comfortable with a machine gun-looking thing in his hand. Maybe the cartel coyote sold it to him?
California is not really a single party state although yes heavily democratic in SF, LA, and Marin counties. As a long time resident here while a far cry from the Reagan years, there are many patriots (republicans, independents and #WalkAwayDemocrats) fighting tirelessly against the corruption, for election integrity, and to inspire good people to run for local elections. Many republicans here have changed their political status to Independent or NPP ( no political preference) so they/their businesses wouldn’t get blowback, thus making California seem less republican. This bothered me greatly because not only are they cowards but they then couldn’t vote for the republican GOP central committee members which is critical for grass roots change. The republican numbers for the state would thus appear lower than actual. Maybe that is all a good thing, like a secret weapon that will play out in the election. We’ll see. But the pro America rallies here are spirited and widely attended. The California patriots mostly need prayers and words of encouragement to Fight fight fight!!!
But, but, Yuri...the food choices :) I mean, where else can you get Tikka masala and chimichangas? Isn't this what they tell native British all the time? How would London survive without curry dishes?
I was thinking about this yesterday. To maintain the freedoms of our country will always be a battle, just like the fight against the sin of our flesh will always be a battle. The battle for political peace doesn't end until Jesus is on the Throne. The battle against our flesh doesn't end until we are glorified. Thankfully, God has promised and His promises never fail.
Phillipians 1:6 And I am sure of this, that He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
My nephew and his wife moved to France 20+ years ago to work there. They expected a cool international experience but ended up hating it. They lived and worked there for about a year and had their eyes opened to the reality of a full-blown socialist society. They also said that the French people in general had no use for Americans, they were not friendly towards them at all.
My Dad, who had his tours courtesy of the US Navy, said that the only French who had any regard for Americans were the ones old enough to remember what our country did for them. Disgusting.
My husband and I lived in France for a year in 1973-74 while I was a student there. Even back then, the French (especially the younger ones) were generally quite arrogant towards Americans, and were often snooty and rude to us. However, we found the older French (who would have been my parents' ages and older) were lovely and friendly, and oh so grateful to America for how we saved them in the war. I think things got worse later on in terms of how socialist France was, but even though I was only 24 at the time, I really saw a major difference between our freedoms in the U.S. and what it was like in France. Big difference.
The Parisians hate the French, the French hate everyone else. Europeans aren’t known for being “friendly” like Americans are. I lived in Europe for 15 years. They aren’t “rude” by their standards just business like In attitude.
Paris was always the worst, in my experience. I lived in the south of France (Aix-en-Provence) and the people seemed nicer and friendlier there. A lot of them were from Italy. My landlords were Sicilian, and were wonderful.
Durov is likely in the crosshairs of the U.S. Deep State. France was the Proxy. Durov’s arrest sends a clear message to Zuckerberg. Comply with the DS censorship complex or else. Zuckerberg conveniently sent a letter to Congress admitting the USG pressured FB to censor in 2020 and forward. That letter was likely a limited hangout message, that allows FB and Zuckerberg to not be Telegram and Durov.
It’s astonishing how much information is in his head. And his ability to communicate what he knows make me feel smarter. He must have a photographic memory.
It wasn’t just the govt. Zuckerbucks complied happily. He’s just trying to CYA now. Playing both sides hoping for a pass. He’s a snake and a viper that needs to be in prison and all his/CIA platforms need to be destroyed. Snail mail anyone? I’ll take a platform without all their criminality if that’s even possible.
Glad I got to see it back in 2014. At that time it was still quite lovely and felt safe, though I did notice a pretty heavy armed presence around the major tourist attractions (e.g. Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Sacre Coeur).
When I lived in the south of France in 1973-74, there were a LOT of Algerians there, doing all the scab labor of course. We all used to laugh at the French (remembering their motto of Liberté, égalité, fraternité) and how they had a secret 4-tier system of prices for food/coffee at the cafés. Cheapest rate was local French. A higher rate was for French who were not local. Next highest rate was for Americans and other foreigners. The very highest rate of all was for for the Algerians.
I would consider a visit to the countryside and stay at one of their haciendas but no to any large city in any country including the US. Country girl I am.
Pretty glad I took my daughter last year, it was during tourist season 🤦🏻♀️ but never again! This will not encourage people to visit, along with London, they are both off my future travel.
My son lived in Paris for a year. We visited in 2007. While the historical spots were thrilling, before Norte Dame cathedral burned, the Parisians had a barely disguised disdain for Americans. Going to Normandy was far superior. In 2010 we went to London as our son was living there then. Most of the tourist stuff was run by Eastern Europeans. Ended up staying 8 days longer than intended when the Icelandic volcano erupted and grounded all flights in much of Europe, especially the British Isles. Saw a great deal more British history because of the extra time, and learned a ton. Happy we went when we did.
I last visited Paris in 1999. The people are awful there. I too heard that Normandy is worth a visit. It's still on my list. I don't want to return to Paris.
Normandy is worth the trip. Northern France countryside is beautiful and the people were very friendly and appreciative of Americans (this was in 2014),
Yes the last time to France this was our favorite part of the trip. Still very moving. Our base was Bayeux, easy train from Paris and can walk to town from the station. Rented a car there to tour the beaches, cemetery and Point du Hoc. Highly recommend.
YES!! I was in Paris about 15 years ago - much better experience and London about 13 years ago. I’m stunned at how insane Europe has gotten. My son and his wife are going to Spain in Nov, I can only pray they have an amazing trip with no conflicts.
Ireland is being set up for take over. MANY "camps" housing military aged men. It's the port there that's strategic. The link is VERY interesting and starts out talking about what's going on in Ireland.
Yes. I am reading an Irish activist on our side. It’s going to get nasty there. Decent housing is going to thuggish immigrants while Irish citizens are being locked out. My sister doesn’t acknowledge any of that and she’s ultra liberal US citizen there—since 1975. She castigates me and tells me not to patronize her. While the Irish government has basically put her in poverty. Her bank account was totally skimmed and stolen—they know who it is but nothing is happening and the bank keeps fobbing her off to another department. Meanwhile she has to go on the dole and scratch for a living. She is an artist and the 2009 blowup destroyed her business then. Been hard ever since for her. When I didn’t vax the first image she invoked was I was a trump lover. Or a right winger. Jaysus, I didn’t even know the real truth about the Dems until a couple of months later when my eyes were opened to the horrifying truth. Ive been there )13 times but won’t anymore. She needs to come home here but refuses. It’s all she knows.
ANOTHER place off my list and my "people" are from County Cork (discovered that going through my deceased mother's paper work and found the birth certificate for my grandmother).
We went to Ireland in 2013. Flew into Dublin but stayed in Kildaire County, the horse capital of Ireland. We stayed at a lodge with a group of 11 other people. It was lovely. Ireland is beautiful. It has a history quite different from Britain’s even though they share many connections. It was a wonderful trip. The night before we flew home, we stayed again in Dublin overnight to catch an early flight. As we walked around a tourist area of Dublin after dark, strolling a main thoroughfare, a group of young kids, probably 12 to 14 in age threw a firecracker right behind us. I thought I had gone deaf for a moment. They ran away laughing, and as we walked around we could hear more firecrackers going off, probably hitting all the tourists. The one blemish on a great trip.
Visited Paris on my own in fall 2018. Had a delightful time and found the French I had contact with very helpful and friendly. I walked everywhere—how you get connected to the city/people). That was my second visit on my own. I’d go back in a second but the world has changed. At least I got there. Wonderful memories.
Us too, Sept 2018. Very hot and humid but we loved it. Took a river boat cruise in southern France and was in Paris for one afternoon and night. We needed more time there. Now probably will never go back. 😢
Every day I take another country off my "to visit" list. The list is getting shorter, but honestly, I am now focused on creating a refuge at my home - a landing place for my kids for when the coming really tough times arrive.
Years ago, I believed that the "globalists" were working to make every country, and every state in the US, into homogenous, miserable s***holes. Then, there'd be no place to flee.
“And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
2 Corinthians 12:10 That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Every time I think of how depraved our country has become over the last 20 years (I only started paying attention in 2004) I think of Lot. I imagine him being just as appalled then, as the "wise" ones of today are now (Daniel 12:9-13). He endured (persevered) his situation and walked closely to the Lord. Then, in a perfect picture of Rapture, was taken home. But, his goofy wife.....his goofy, goofy wife.
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self his being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16
❓🪖Jeff, upon your review, perhaps Courtney’s family could be the recipient of a C&CArmy fundraiser?
(This is a copy/paste from an email received from We The Patriots USA of Caldwell, Idaho.)
Courtney Miller Fish, East Palestine Plaintiff and Hero, Passes at Age 36.
"We are very saddened to report that Courtney Miller Fish, the sole individual plaintiff in our East Palestine, OH train derailment lawsuit, passed away unexpectedly on Wed August 21, 2024.
Courtney was a truth warrior who refused to back down and never stopped fighting for her family and her community. When a train derailed in her hometown of East Palestine, OH, Courtney stepped to the front of the of the line and stood up for all the families who were poisoned there."
Donated. The repetitive deaths of young people cut down in the prime of life is profoundly saddening. And we all know these deaths are not natural but are the result of evil men playing God. Besides praying for her family, I pray that the Lord will bring His judgement to bear in our time. I so desire to see the end of all this suffering.
“ How, for tax purposes, are owners supposed to value real estate, when there’s no agreed-on price? Would the government accept the owner’s opinion of the value? Or would they force property owners to get an appraisal every single year, to file with their tax returns? Or would IRS agents, like property tax appraisers, set the value of everything you own?”
Maybe just ask corrupt New York judges how much they think it should be worth?
My husband and I own rental properties. We keep our rents below market value because our tenants are struggling financially. And we are determined to never resemble "slum lords." This tax scenario is frightening and feels like a direct assault on those who have taken financial risks and are providing housing. For the first time, I am wondering if real estate was a good investment.
The government violated the bill of rights by shutting down the country, depriving people of their jobs, destroying businesses without just compensation. Millions of people couldn’t pay rent. They would have been on the street. The money I received when the place I work was shut down, which I only took for a few months until I found another way to make money, wouldn’t even come close to paying for rent where I live, much less food, utilities, car insurance, homeowners insurance, etc.
I know a lot of small investors who own rental properties. They were at or near bankruptcy because their tenants were not paying rent...some tenants did this for almost 2 years.
Needless, to say, it had these small investors reevaluating why they should even own properties.
If I were still of working age, I'd do my best to insulate myself from the madness. Small business, something always in demand no matter what. Might even include country property with meat and produce to sell.
I had rentals years decades ago. I was very picky as to whom I let in. Also, I never raised rents. I figured that above par renters were a treasure. I also understood that people moving out mean lost income for at least a month, sometimes two. Often not worth the extra income. I always asked for first, last and one month's security. This screened out a lot of problems.
It's not as easy as it used to be. I have some methods when people apply. I tell people I am accumulating responses and will choose the best fit. Technically I don't owe anyone a contract. But I have been threatened and it's not much fun. And if there is an ESA, there's not much you can do, even if it's an animal that causes damage, like a ferret. There are responsible pet owners but it's a huge risk. We have spent literally thousands of dollars to repair pet damage. But I still enjoy it. There are opportunities to really help people, which is rewarding.
Better you than me. I am too old to put up with nonsense, so to speak. The most I'd do today, assuming I was younger, is buy distressed and improve ... and resell. I must confess, I am not very good at jumping through other people's hoops, especially government.
This harkens back to Rome, and others I'm sure, when tax collectors could charge whatever they wanted to, skim the top and bribe the lawyers and leaders. Nothing new under the sun and we are still this stupid... And they know it. "Save me! Save me! From the troubles of life!" Like the crowds who followed the Son of God, their Creator, Saviour for free fish and chips but left when He called them out for being fickle and lazy.
the Govt LIKES to entrap, discretionary powers, the ability to surprise audit on records from 5 years ago. fair, transparent, straightforward aren't crafty enough for their wicked power-tripping tastes. Haven't they even said that (income) taxes are irrelevant to revenue now that Neo-Monetary Policy and UBI-DC are the future, that income taxes are simply an issue of compliance and control
The idea of having to pay every year for an assessor to come up with how much tax you have to pay MUST be illegal -- the fishermen who won in the SCOTUS were having to pay the expense of having a government monitor on their fishing boats to make sure they were abiding by the rules/laws. Supreme Court said making them have to do that was wrong.
the "government" (with taxpayers' dollars) is going to pay the IRS to do the assessments? No, they're not assessors. so it still sounds like that is beyond the scope of their agency authorization to me...
Jimmy Carter once tried one of these "get the rich" tax schemes. He imposed a high luxury tax on yachts over 35 feet (I think that's the figure). The people who paid were the 35,000 boat builders who lost their jobs as that business died. However, the sale of used boats from foreign countries took up the demand for yachts.
Unrealized capital gains tax is a huge disincentive to invest. Who will get hurt? Start-ups, emerging tech entrepreneurs, and anybody in need of an angel investor. Why would an investor put money into an already risky venture when he knows that he'll get whacked by Auntie Kam if the venture does well?
Remember the old line, "The power to tax is the power to destroy."
Exactly. And it doesn’t hurt the lawmakers. Guns for me but not for thee. For for illegals but not for legals. Everything these “weirdos” touch falls apart.
So if everything we own gets charged an amount based on it's current "value" vs the original purchase price, then will we get rebates, credits or money back when something depreciates, like a car, or goes down in "value", like stocks? What is the incentive to actually own something if it will be perpetually taxed? People might be happier if they owned nothing at all.
...wait....that sounds familiar....I can't place it from where, though.....
Weirdaphobia and Lefty-Christian Nationalism suddenly popular positions in the Democultic Party;
KowMala (MadCow) and WalzNutz are KOOK Whackjobs that the Media and Leftist Voterz LOVE... The average Dem voter makes the Craziest MAGA-TRUMP-Jan 6th Insurrection Nut look like a moderate
The Spanish speaking population of the San Francisco area, where Kamala reined, referred to her as QueMala (pronounced KAY Mala and translates to HOW BAD 😝)
Trying to give rights to illegal aliens that they wish to strip from citizens just buttresses the old adage that if they didn't have double standards they'd have no standards at all!
Illegal aliens did not have to be vaccinated to stroll across our southern border. Meanwhile, citizens- firemen, nurses, teachers- were losing their ability to support their families for refusing this unapproved, unhealthy medical intervention.
Here in the soviet republic of Washington State we lost a lot of the actually productive public servants to the jab diktat and now we are having a hard time fielding a full fleet of ferries, among other things. The diktat went away but they refuse to hire back those fired due to non-compliance. It also doesn't help that the green czars are mandating battery or hybrid boats which are three times as expensive and several years away. Jaydolf can't go away fast enough! His likely successor Turd Ferguson will be worse because he has the same fascist tendencies but is considerably smarter. We may have to pull an eastward ho maneuver. Prayers are appreciated.
“Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
On real estate, taxes are already collected on unrealized capital gains; this is what governments like so much about the property tax, and its also how they force people off their land, especially farmland. Property taxes were known as "quitrent" under English feudal law. From the wiki: "Quit rent, quit-rent, or quitrent is a tax or land tax imposed on occupants of freehold or leased land in lieu of services to a higher landowning authority, usually a government or its assigns." Higher landowning authority; governments own all land and improvements to the land de facto, not the citizen.
Why must the tax madness continue? Why DO we still pay taxes??? I’m tired of it.
Why not sue the government for unlawful price gouging, insurrection, election fraud, funding terrorism, bank fraud, tax fraud, and their new favorite crime - falsifying business records.. 🤌🏽🤌🏽
Prop 13, if it's still in effect in California, limited the annual raising of assessed residential home property values to 2% per year if the owner was living in the home as their primary residence. Values were only raised to market value (whatever the home sold for), when the property changed hands due to sale of the property.
People who stay in their homes and even pay off their mortgages so they only have property tax to pay (and homeowner's insurance and the like), have so much unrealized appreciation going on (especially with the rate of inflation there), and property taxes are collected at a rate that is much smaller than if the property were to be resold.
I'm sure the greedy tax-grabbing-planners would like to drive people off their properties just for that reason.
In big cities, the government/NGO-homeless-and-other-human-trafficking-and-slave-labor-industrial-complex is greedily and opportunistically driving out business in SF, LA and places --using their homeless populations, criminals, illegal drug traffickers, human traffickers, illegal immigrants to torment, punish, and drive out the law-abiding and responsible citizens of California, and really, the other states as well.
Yes, Prop 13 is still in effect in CA, although there are people (Democrats, of course) who would love to get rid of it. This seems like a hill to die on for a huge number of voters in California, and believe me, there would be a massive revolt if the government ever managed to abolish it. I'm one who benefits...I bought my house in 1989 and its supposed value has more than tripled since then. My prop tax has of course gone up a bit over the years, but it's still reasonable and affordable due to Prop 13. Prop 13 is one of the truly great things about California....great for those of us who bought homes long ago.
We have a similar law in Michigan, but the cap is 5% per year. That's above the Fed's target for inflation, so as a matter of practicality it doesn't limit property taxes at all. If, make that when, hyper-inflation comes to our shores, it might be a very good thing.
You are spot on.. and nobody understands it .. In FL at least it is capped at what you paid for the property not it's current value like it is in other states...
In Florida people were being taxed out of there homes. If the property around you sold for huge amounts that must mean your property is worth more so your taxes go up. Finally a law was passed that limited the increase to,I think, 3% a year. I have a friend in Georgia who said that her property taxes are calculated on what she paid for her home and aren’t raised until the property sells. This was a while ago, not sure if it’s the same now.
Many people do not understand that the government will rake you over the coals via taxes on capital gains if you sell a commercial property during your lifetime. We all know the value of land normally always increases but the normal market increases isn't taken into account upon the sale of the property. Only after you die can your children sell the land at the current value of the property without unbelievably high taxes on capital gains. I'm not sure what the reasoning for capital gains was originally..
Would the government accept the owner’s opinion of the property value? Ask President Trump.
This type of tax would destroy our family. We came from nothing and don’t have much. The one thing we did right was invest in a home. But we don’t make the kind of money to be able to afford the current income taxes or the current real estate taxes so that has made it difficult to save for retirement in a way that would allow us to live somewhat comfortably in retirement. So if something like this were to suddenly lower to our middle class income, it would wipe us out in the first year’s taxes alone and leave us with nothing. It would force us to sell, have far less to put down on a retirement property, and then taxes on that new property would put us under again and force us to sell again, and in less than 5-8 years we will be left with absolutely nothing, unable to afford another home or even rent. It’s literal robbery of everything we worked hard for. It’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard and I’m not even a financial expert.
Sounds a lot like "you'll own nothing and be happy". Not too sure about the "be happy" part, though.
More like “you will own nothing and we will be happy”
You will be "joyful". The new mantra of Cackles and the Coach.
You won’t own anything so you won’t have to worry about anything
Except eating bugs
"...because we will own everything"
Indeed.
Indeed. I've started changing that to: you will have nothing and you will be happy, or else!
You will own nothing and we don’t give a damn I think is closer to the truth
They hate us and want us to have nothing, and like it😱Keep praying for a massive R win in November and in addition, make sure everyone you know is registered to vote and votes early!🇺🇸
Unfortunately it doesn't look like they have fixed our elections. It seems like it is going to be rigged again like in 2020 and 2022.
Can someone make me feel better?
attorneys are workign hard on cleaning up the swing states voting apparatus. please vote. and encourage everyone else to.
thanks.
MI and WI are going to keep RFKJr on the ballot to thwart the plan for those votes to be cast for DJT. Pray without ceasing!
It's up to RFKJr to convince his voters in crucial states to NOT vote for him as a way of showing their support.
At least MI is also adding other "minor" party candidates, Cornell West and Jill Stein. Maybe they will dilute the Democrat votes.
I seem to recall Hillary complaining that Jill Stein diluted her votes in 2016 and got a recount done in one state relating to this claim, but no JOY.
The votes don't have to be cast for RFKJr just because he's on the ballot.
I'm sure the Demos gremlins are already collecting mail in ballots for the nearly or absolutely dead.
https://www.omega4america.com/ shows exactly how that's being done.
Maybe they'll flip some Trump ballots to RFK Jr just to screw with us too
It will bring about the long needed revolution, if they do.
Sorry, this will make you feel worse: https://www.omega4america.com/
Hi John, do you think omega4america and fractal is making a difference? Which states have taken it serious?
I think it helped Ron Johnson win in WI last time. It should be adopted by every state government outside the parties. They're supposed to work for us. But that won't happen (I'm in MI; no chance). Bottom line: if you're facilitating the cheating, why would you allow a system that exposed the cheating?
And often.
Do like the dumbocraps. Vote early and often.
They want us dead and they want our stuff. I believe there are a couple of commandments that cover this.
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It does seem like this is the ultimate globalist objective. How do you destroy the middle class in the US… it’s going to revolve around destroying wealth … and one of the way middle class Americans rise is through owning a home and growing their wealth.
‘You will own nothing. And be happy.’
Narcissist’s occasionally tell you the truth. If you’re listening carefully.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SqzepGBatWo
they’re using the Ukraine model as a template here…
Ukrainians we’re paying 50% of their gross income to energy costs before the invasion… so essentially the middle class was bled dry… hemorrhaging money for gas, heating and cooling and electricity
I know one middle class family that is losing their home… they’re being pushed out …by inflation… they were barely hanging on… and now… can’t keep their home
and this has to be going on all over the country with inflation and rising energy costs!
Yep, got a pal round the corner bought a modest home, here in Florida. Because the market here went crazy for about six months, he can no longer afford the insurance, because it’s got to cover the home at double the price he was paying. His insurance went up by 3x. Nice. Yay Joey.
OMG
BUT demonscrats are for the middle class!!! oh wait
I feel like I need an exorcism after watching this video. Pure dystopian evil dressed up in "for your own good" platitudes.
It's also why they want illegals to have guns, but not for legal citizens.
That helps them to get rid of the legal citizens and replace them with illegals.
Not to mention this insanity
Illegals… who are working and paying taxes in CA can join a lottery for $150k free down payment on a house
While US citizens are losing their homes.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-close-approving-150k-loans-illegal-immigrants-help-purchase-homes
The Senate passed a bill 23-11 on Tuesday that would help pay for home down payments for illegal immigrants in California, with the newly passed bill going to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk for either a final approval or veto.
Now- will corrupt Newscum veto it?!
Illegals… who are working and paying taxes in CA …. Illegals shouldn’t be able to work here; they are lawbreakers by being here.
Don’t hire lawbreakers; I wouldn’t trust them.
Makes sense they would want to force people out of their homes. For most people, their most valuable asset is their home.
Truthseeker, I believe we are seeing the Tower of Babel in reverse: what God scattered has come together again, for the same purpose, which is to set themselves up in place of God. If this is so, it will not end well for them. It may very well be the beginning of The End. If so, come Lord Jesus!
I will say that we should try this new tax law for a year or two……on them. Unrealized capital gains sounds great, right…right?
Why don’t you show me the way and put your money (the one you didn’t have before you became a politician)where your peanut brain is, this stupid political Rats are unviable. Let’s understand first that they are running out of things to tax, everything is a tax but the worst is the inflation tax which robs you of 30% of your purchasing power every year. It’s compounded theft. The reality is the dollar has lost its value 97% and that’s the biggest tax. Period.
AGREE
Carlos—excellent idea. A vote for KH/Coach would automatically sign the voter up for their policies. Wonder how big of a landslide would roll to the DJT ticket. Nice dream. Put the policies on the ballot, not the personalities.
The Creature from Jekyll Island: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1513820769/the-creature-from-jekyll-island-a-second?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_-books_movies_and_music-domestic_low&utm_custom1=_k_f76f7da516e014127c841b7437fc9808_k_&utm_content=bing_412372832_1297424018643266_81089064872669_pla-4584688616398187:pla-4584688616398187_c__1513820769&utm_custom2=412372832&msclkid=f76f7da516e014127c841b7437fc9808
I think the INTENT is to get people who have owned their homes for years (eg. Boomers) out of their homes. Blackrock will swoop in, buy them up and voila, MIGRANT and Citizen RENTAL properties, managed by the Government so NOW you are dependent on Government largesse for your home. You will own nothing and be happy. Communism seeps out of every pore of Kamala’s body.
I live in California, and on the radio I have started hearing lots of ads from outfits that say "we want to buy your home". They offer about 75% of the assessed value and claim you don't have to deal with real estate agents, banks, etc. They just buy it outright for cash. I would guess that a lot of homeowners in trouble take advantage of this. And who knows anything about these companies.
Yes, these are the vultures coming in for the kill after the fake pLandemic caused massive inflation and businesses, jobs lost - so many people living off their credit cards for SO long and they are drowning in debt. This is the plan to take down the most powerful middle class in the world. And now illegal aliens by the millions in the country, using education, medical, housing and given debit cards that AMERICANS pay for! Tipping the entire country into chaos. Look at Aurora, CO if you want a look at the near future in your own city or town.
Blackrock and Vanguard.
Blackrock
It's happening all over the country. I get those letters every few weeks.
Exactly.
And they know this! Our homes are, for most of us, our biggest sources of wealth. Even in small yards, we can grow enough to achieve food independence. It’s the only place we have the right to defend with lethal force (not sure about you, CA). And (with the help of a proper judiciary) the one place we can forbid the government from physically intruding upon on a whim. That’s a lot of power to allow The Masses, we “useless eaters”. Trump is their proving ground. He is who we are (with the possible exception of a few billions of dollars 😁). He is a lightning rod for government anger upon dissent and the picture of what is coming for us.
Yes, you can grow your own food unless Whitmer bans the sale of seeds again. 🤬 Buy booze or lumber but not seeds?
Make sure to buy heirloom seeds, so you never have to buy seeds again.
The "Dissenter-In-Chief"
LIKE
Excellent analysis. Thank you.
To kamala & obama - this is a way to ‘spread the wealth’ - even to those who haven’t earned it. A form of 'reparations' if you will.
Waiting for Moushell and Barry to give up their pieces of the pie so others can have more....
I keep picturing that scene from Dr. Zhivago where he comes home to find people occupying his home. I wonder how BHO and his spouse would react if that happened at even one of their mansions.
And they treat the illegal aliens better than their own taxpayers! Real Robin Hood’s only in reverse! And they say Republicans are the party of the rich!
You are right, Juju! Praying it doesn't come to that.
I learned the work ethic from my mom and dad, too. We were raised to be self-sufficient, responsible, and ethical.
The government needs to be self-sufficient, responsible, ethical, and to work hard, too, instead of robbing the poor to feed the rich.
It's a pure unadulterated land and money grab scheme, and it's heartless, cruel, and sociopathic, from what I can see.
I will not be hypnotized into thinking their smiles are "JOY."
I have seen behind the curtain of their facade smiles and I can't unsee it.
Kamala is just lipstick on the swine.
Look at the Maui fire… large land grab in progress. They’re drooling over the possibility of Lahaina, Maui being the first smart city in the US …
governor said it… ‘the government is looking for ways for the state to acquire the land’
As I said above,
Narcissists sometimes tell the truth- if you’re listening closely.
AGREE
Same here. As a matter of fact, ALL tax is THEFT.
I think that’s the point. Blowing up the middle class. They can’t have people independent of government. They want a dependent class. A dependent class can’t assert autonomy. Then they are open to be colonized by Globo-Cap, turned into digital serfs whose “data” (aka life) can be harvested and sold. It worked so well with social media, why stop at online behavior?
… all while Kommila is approving a $25K free down payment on housing for ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS while paying for shelter (housing) food, medical care, cash, bus and airline tickets and these illegal border crossers are costing we the people taxpayers last calculated $451 BILLION per year thank you Alejandro Mayorkas and a corrupt DHS https://www.nationalreview.com/news/border-crisis-costs-american-taxpayers-451-billion-annually-house-gop-report-claims/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0Jlder7zOI2UNjs_J7qe5Z_EJlxceOScAzfGz0wl5GMnDgo_FYeELM9eQ_aem_8U8MbcYPhrZ9MjebfQcv1w … all of this “you’re being replaced” in our face coup ( a sudden appropriation of power; a takeover) of every aspect of American freedoms, financial stability and liberties…. more than a slap in the face to legal American Citizens. Scary unacceptable uncertain times….
MayJokeus and his (GO Fk Yourself, I'm doing a GREAT JOB ---for SATAN) grin...sinister hateful eyes glaring staring and soulless ghoulish evil man
Exactly WPW… they have no souls… evil personified…
I could just scream sometimes. We're led by morons.
they are not morons. Their agenda looks insane to us, but it is very methodical.
They don't plan for years, they plan for decades.
I'm sure the illegals will declare the $25k to adjust their cost basis when their tax is due . . .
Well since they don't usually pay taxes anyway....
To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so. To be GOVERNED is to be at every operation, at every transaction noted, registered, counted, taxed, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, authorized, admonished, prevented, forbidden, reformed, corrected, punished. It is, under pretext of public utility, and in the name of the general interest, to be placed under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited, monopolized, extorted from, squeezed, hoaxed, robbed; then, at the slightest resistance, the first word of complaint, to be repressed, fined, vilified, harassed, hunted down, abused, clubbed, disarmed, bound, choked, imprisoned, judged, condemned, shot, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed; and to crown all, mocked, ridiculed, derided, outraged, dishonored. That is government.
That's why this Orwell 1984 shirt is perfect for these times 👇
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You almost had me with all those adjectives…until you exposed yourself as a shill selling t-shirts.
Stop using SS comments to make sales pitches.
Were this ridiculous type of tax to be implemented, it would precipitate civil war in this country. Untold numbers of people, and more particularly seniors, would be unable to pay such a tax and would literally be out of their homes and on the streets. I can't imagine any sane person would vote for this. Or allow this.
Most private sector individuals do NOT owe taxes on earnings. The IRS tax code plainly describes that the income tax is an excise tax that only applies to those who have the privilege of working for the federal government or live in DC. See 26 USC 3401(a) (c).
Read the book “Cracking the Code” free online at losthorizons dot com. There you can look up my complete filing and see a copy of my refund check for more than $63;000. The IRS even corrected a small mathematical mistake we had made in our amended 2021 1040x filing. Do not fear the IRS. Study the tax code. File amended returns for the past three years ( statute of limitations) and claw back the money you paid unnecessarily.
They won't even accept the opinion of professionals who understand far more about property value than do bureaucrats. Again, just ask Trump.
If the Dems win( God PLEASE forbid) I bet Mar a Lago will soon increase in value, likely double what Trump says it's worth. And then they'll charge him with tax evasion. Marchan will randomly be selected to adjudicate
Markets set values of property not governments.
Unless it's a socialist government.
OMG-hadn't thought of that-but, you're right.
That's just what I was thinking!
They say in the NY case, that his properties aren't worth very much and cry fraud was committed because he overvalued his property and was overly benefitted by it -- oh no, he was loaned too much money and paid it back! Horrors!
What's to stop them from saying later, Trump was right, it's worth what he said, so we can tax him on the "unrealized gain" between what, $18M and $100M?
This is pure economic nonsense, corruptly-motivated thinking, and "dangerous to our democracy!" (Republic!)
These people are thieves at heart. That's what I believe.
Regarding Trump's loans: Does ANYONE with half a brain really think a bank would loan money in the millions on a property based on the property's owner's belief in its worth? Really? Everyone knows that banks always do their own value assessment and then they they will make a loan based on THEIR determination of value. Trump would have put what he thought the property was worth as a mere starter, and then the bank determined if that was accurate from their point of view as a lender. They always have to know they can recover their money in case of default.
How stupid is the left? How stupid do they think people are?
And to elaborate (and add insult to injury) on the example Jeff laid out for us in the article: there was a GAIN in the first year. Fully taxable. However, there is a LOSS in the second year. Guess what? Capital Losses are only deductible up to $3,000 per year. That is an example of the government having its cake and eating it too!
"That is an example of the government having its cake and eating it too!"
Actually, I think it should be called "The government having YOUR cake and eating it too ".
Tax on unrealized stock gains is STUPID because the following year they will need to issue refunds as stocks fluctuate daily. It just more paperwork and government interference into citizens lives.
No... the tax is a one-way street. You get no refund if your asset drops in price the next year.
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Nope, no refunds.
capital losses are only deductible up to $3,000 maximum per year (current law). Gains are FULLY taxable.
and where exactly is the cash to pay the tax supposed to come from - guess the government will be in the business of accepting property to pay the tax - just when you think it can get any more absurd democrats always prove you wrong
Oh the bank will lend you more money on your house and in the end, Blackrock will own it and you will be a renter in your own home.
Exactly!
They do for the real estate in my IRA. Which I have to do annually. They even accept the tax assessor's figure, which in Connecticut works out to be about 60% of the market value. But, I certainly don't want to have to explain my finances to them, nor do I want to be taxed on the value of the asset twice.
I get it, same here
Markets settle property values not the government.
HA!!! Exactly
I thought the EXACT same thing. I was kinda surprised Jeff didn't make a sarcastic remark about it.
Nice to know I’m in such wonderful company! I’m quite sure it was in Jeff’s mind somewhere (I say affectionately). Even if it was on the bottom of his Stack of Stuff (nod to you, Rush), he snags all the things flying past me at warp speed.
I can only HOPE the government would so grossly undervalue MY PROPERTY
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So if unrealized cap gains applies to homeowners, how does that work when the bank really owns the property (mortgage still in play)? And what if the mortgage is under water (if homes dump in value)? And what about 401ks? And other tax sheltered monies?
Commiefornia is a single party state. They are making so much progress towards utopia! Kong sounds like a character out of Training Day or The Shield. Colorado is headed that way too, it appears armed illegals have taken over several apartment buildings in Aurora. Rich resistance heroes like Kamala, Obama, and Oprah live in non diverse neighborhoods with walls and armed security to protect themselves from the cultural enrichment they have unleashed on the country.
Born and raised Californian. I won’t go back
I was born and raised in Oregon. Adopted out. Birth family are 5 generations of Californians. is that out of the frying pan into the fire😂
Hard to opt out with 7 children and 13 grands. Oh but how I’d like too.
Grandparents rock!!
I live in Oregon and "Out of the frying pan into the fire." Seems accurate to me.
Same. I left when my kids were very young and am so glad I got out when I did.
Same!
Same but still here. I’m surrounded by like minded folks in my community and up and down the state but we are an exception as seen by results from our elections. 🧐
Election fraud is the Dhimmicrats' stock in trade. 😡
Sarah, Oregon's "all mail in ballots" has been around for quite a while. Started experimenting in 1981, getting more serious in 1995 and became the system in 2000. Always touted as the great example of the right way to do an all mail in election. If they mean the best way to cheat to win election and hide it, that's correct. They don't clean up the voter rolls for deceased or moved voters. In any given year they can extract that data and they know exactly how many "fake" votes the have to insert into an election to throw it their way. And no one is the wiser. I've read recently the number of false ballots available is in the hundreds of thousands. Perfect crime to establish a permanent Democrat majority and one party rule. Disgusting.
Having moved from Oregon 20 months ago and living there for 43 years I did some investigating when COVID hit in 2020. The last Republican Governor for the state of Oregon was Vic Atiyeh which was 1987. That same year was when the vote-by-mail was implemented. Coincidence?
The dead and nearly dead vote by mail. Ballot Haevesting.
Oregon figured it out 24 years ago. How to keep a Socialist Party in perpetual power-forever.
Think about that a minute.
What about Equity Inclusion and Diversity??? Every 8 years the elected seat must be taken by a different Party than the Previous...AI can weed out the Fking Fraudsters
Rigged elections?
Everyone I knew both D & R recalled Newsom to no avail
Same! There was no way that he actually won with a fair election. He who controls the election, controls the outcome.
Or we don’t cheat enough
CA Senate:
31 Democrats
9 Republicans
Each Senator represents 988,086 Californians.
I just came across this article....not sure how much of a difference it will make but at least it's a positive trend...Republican voter registration is up in hopelessly Blue California!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/numbers-shows-data-registered-republican-005402073.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHC4fsqbrLaK-QJ0jctK6r930g1AJWag7I7oqUC9xALaX9rhlaDn-q22lvO5-uTuK0S1t1Gb3MvIX9KQXJVfVRmp_Xl3kDFv4VHhDx7Ab5lqq1yu48m1HalWewYZohk_mwrpXEP0gjE2wKhstlOJgqvxKgj-Haf7csfnoh5e0D95
-- and that's just in Sacramento.
-- the number of US Representatives a state has in DC is determined by a census every 10 years which counts non-citizens, both legal and illegal ones, for their calculations... so how many extraneous DC Representatives do we suppose some states have where they encourage and embrace a high non-citizen population?
California doesn't get talked about as much as Arizona and Texas regarding the southern border:
BUT it may be worse in some ways -- free and reduced healthcare and tuition benefits to illegal immigrants often exceed those given to citizens due to the policies for assistance approval -- since at least before I left there in 2004. I can't imagine it's any better now, and it's probably worse. It was very attractive to illegal immigrants to head to California, and the agricultural labor market (and others) had a financial motive for enabling this.
I worked in the business office of a county health clinic and "daisy chaining" was a thing we talked about way back then. Even before "sanctuary cities" were a thing.
[Trump is the first President who talked and did what he could about stopping the "anchor babies." ]
Women would "visit" from Mexico (mostly) and then have their babies here, which began a daisy chain of relatives coming over to join the baby in the United States, under the banner of keeping families together.
I recall reading in the early 2000s that 1 in 10 of the US population is in southern California, 1-8 in California as a whole. It may have shifted downward since 2004 with people fleeing to other states, but it's just as likely that those losses have been made up with some of the people coming over the southern border.
Ben Berquam and Oscar Blue have produced video clips of some of these migrants, asking men as they board buses to come into the US where they were from and where they were headed, and many were Chinese men headed for California...
THAT's a mess.
Oh, and all those homeless -- the zombies who are openly doing drugs on the streets -- and the criminals they let have free reign but who should be in jail without the right to vote -- ALL the enabled bad behavior helps get "votes" for Democrats.
Such a gargantuan racket, from beginning to end.
It is evil and makes me sick sick sick.
Thank God He is able to take care of us even in the midst of all that we go through.
The good, the bad, and the ugly.
I do miss the weather and ocean though.
I am a native Washingtonian, moved to Kalifornistan in 1984...lived in NW & NE Cali until '97 when I moved to Santa Barbara County. Perfect weather here in Santa Maria but the town has morphed from a lovely sleepy little coastal ag town to the Third World. Our problem is: where do we go from here? The real estate markets have seen CA cash-outs yet again ruin formerly affordable areas (Californicating America one state at a time). It started in the 80's...and it's done it over & over. No wonder we are reviled everywhere we move.
I just read the town of Lancaster outside LA having a big illegal pot issue. It’s grown inside the homes so pesticides and mold from the humidity. Then the former pot homes are sold and buyers not aware of the toxins within.
Ugh!!!
Californication is more tolerable when high.
Florida is much better and the water is warm.
You wouldn’t go to the beach today. Overrun with homeless!
Venice Beach used to be such a fun area. Those funky homes on the canals. And they weren’t cheap. I often wonder what that neighborhood is like now.
Seems to be quite a few ex-CA here. I'd be curious to see a survey of where everyone moved to....?? I ended up in the FL panhandle.
San Clemente, CA to Sandy, UT. But, two years ago bought a condo back in San Clemente (long story) so now have a foot back in. Ugh. Crazy thing is it's actually up almost 200k since 2022.
People assume all of CA RE is tanking by that's not so. Places that are nice and relatively crime free are still going up as people from LA, SF, NY discovered them and move in. Kinda like they realize they gotta get out of LA but can't stand the idea of leaving CA. It will eventually all collapse..... hopefully I've sold before then (Kamala will probably just relieve me of it).
5th Gen Cali native. Family founded the state in the 1850's. Got married and moved around a lot, but settled in Idaho. Blessed that Hubs job facilitated this building of our forever home in a very rural spot. He is an factory engineer on a Bering Sea fishing vessel that is based out of Seattle, so he goes to work for months at a time. Or did. Retirement is close at hand. We bought a place in FL to be near his snowbird family who spend winters there. Sarasota area. So, ID and FL.
At one time I had the opportunity to take a job in Coeur d'Alene ID. Kinda wish I did. I LOVE the mountains.
CDA is beautiful. It is now becoming one with Spokane. I loved living there. Yep, I have lived a lot of places. We even lived in the UK in the late 80’s. We were too young and dumb to realize how actually awesome that was. Like the man says “Ah, youth is wasted on the wrong people!” (the guy from It’s a Wonderful Life)
When my husband and I got married in 1969, we were driven to see the world. We got our degrees and started living/working all over the world and traveling our brains out. Our families criticized us, saying we should "establish" ourselves and travel later in life. Thank goodness we rejected that advice, because what we did worked out well for us. If we'd waited until now, we wouldn't have gone anywhere. We've lived in 5 countries and traveled/visited in 45. I'm so grateful we did this in the 1970's and 80s when we were in our 20s and 30s, things were so different then. I would theoretically like to travel again, but the way things are, I really wouldn't do it now.
I agree with that guy only because I am envious.
Phoenix area, right before the housing prices went crazy, now my kids can't afford to buy here and the Dems are set to destroy this state also.
Have to agree Patrice. My wife and I chose to retire in Maricopa in March 2022. We anticipated Kari Lake winning the Governor race but somehow Katie Hobbs won. We moved from oppressed Oregon having Governor Kate Brown destroy the state and now Tina Kotek took her place and is worse. The Dems are destroying our country state by state. We need to have Donald J Trump win the election and take back the Senate. Continue to lift up our country in prayer!
It’s hard to imagine a worse governor. Totally illegitimate and stupid to boot. We have a completely open lawless border yet her latest accomplishment was a new state logo.
Forty years ago I went to Paulden AZ to attend Gunsite training with Col Cooper (since deceased but the school lives on). It's high desert but that maybe is a good place to live. At the time it was a ranching community. When you went into the local grocery store, at least half of the shoppers were packing sidearms, women included. I concluded this store never gets robbed.
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I’m on the Gulf coast.
I'd guess most are in FL or Texas.
San Diego county native now in East Tennessee for 20 years.
My oldest son moved to Chattanooga from NYC and loves it.
The Great Smokies are my happy place.
Unfortunately, I am STUCK in Commiefornia!
Husband and I moved from Pennsylvania to beautiful South Carolina 6 years ago and we are so glad we did!
Welcome!!!!
I hear SC is a good place to re-locate to....?
From Cali to AZ and now MI.
MI precisely because of the economy.
I had to move in with family.
Which is a mixed bag of blessings and not-blessings.
Maybe a blessing in disguise.
Born and raised Californian, and sadly stuck here for awhile. Definitely not the state I remember growing up in.
Don’t blame you
Same.
Same! Zero desire, even with family still there.
Lucky! Still trying to get out of this insane state.
Same!!
We are fighting to get our state out of the hands of the Liberals. The big cities are locked in with the corrupt form of government and they have a highly concentrated population of liberals but Riverside county is not because of our sheriff who understands constitutional law. He ignores the zany unconstitutional laws and mandates. But one man isn’t enough. I live in a town that has been very conservative but the crazies are here now in big numbers and perverting minds. They start small, on the school boards. They go after our kids. They are being exposed and we are in a war here. We need to start small in any government or public service capacity and work our way up. I am so tired of the constant screaming and lying to get their way…the insane policies…it is so embarrassing how they behave. We will overcome and stop this insanity or die trying. All people of California are not corrupt liberal groupthinkers. We are struggling to survive but are fighting to take our towns back. The media is the biggest vehicle of loony rhetoric and persuasion.
I had to stop a couple times to double check that I wasn't reading about WA. I feel your pain.
I firmly believe the massive LEFT LEAN of WA has resulted in the downfall of Boeing. I have friends who used to be so proud to work there, it was a status job. ESG and DEI Liberal forces have destroyed the company. God only knows how many totally unqualified people work there just because of skin color, gender, disability. - certainly MERIT has no place in the job application. WA has become a joke.
Sherry, along with Oregon.
My Aunt lives in Spokane. She tells me Seattle policies and decisions are destroying the state.
I really wish you good luck. And more than that super blessings. You going to need the peace that supersedes all understanding.
Much respect for staying and fighting.
You are definitely in a war zone.
Yes to all you’ve said, but SanBernardino County. We also have a great Sherif!!
It would sure help if all the moonbats who said they would leave CA if Trump won in 2016 had actually LEFT!
California has areas that are amazing, the quality of life is beyond anything most can comprehend. Perfect weather, clean cities, low crime, spectacular natural beauty, and great people. Mountains and beaches are within an hour of two drive. A few examples include South Orange County, Thousand Oaks, Palos Verdes, and Santa Clarita. These are all in the LA area but are the furthest thing imaginable from the dump of LA City.
The catch is that you need some coin to live in the good areas, you need to have enough money to isolate yourself from the left's pathology. It's a shame but it's true as I live in one and know first hand. It's fantastic.
Most of the California haters either never lived here or if they did they lived in a lousy area. I don't see to many on here bragging about how they escaped from Newport Beach.
Hear, hear! We live in the Bay and love our incredible weather and that we have the beach and mountains within an hour's drive. I'm working on local elections and election integrity to change California.
I'm sick and tired of people who have never lived here, or who fled the state criticizing us. We stayed to fight for California. And for all those people who left California for a red state, understand that as it goes in California, so goes it in the rest of the nation. If we don't save California, it's going to become the template for other states. Look at what's happening in Austin.
Extremely well said, Jeanne. It’s tragic, what has happened out there, and you are right to remind us that CA is one big warning to the rest of us. All respect to you and those who fight for such worthy ground. We’d do well to look upon CA as a metaphor for our country and ask ourselves if we’re really going to just pick up and leave her. The world has a Texas and we’re it. There’s no better place.
We have to get rid of California’s jungle “open” primary first. That has resulted in local elections with two democrats on the ballot if a Republican didn’t make the cut in the primary. I am stunned and thrilled that Republican Steve Garvey may have a shot at one of our senate seats (and disgusted that weaselly Adam Schiff might get the other).
This is not unlike the issue of illegal aliens (at least the small segment that are just jumping the line for a better life, as opposed to drug dealers child trafficking & gang members) leaving a corrupt political & economic system, when the honorable thing to do is to stay and fight the system and make it better. Bravo for you!
Austin. Culture changed by the influx of Californians. They bring it with them as they “escape”. Sorry that has been our experience and thus their reputations precede them.
Jeanne, good on you. But many are so beat down they can't see a way forward.
We have the same in Illinois. Chicago was such a great city. The lakefront is beautiful. Crook County Dems are intent on destroying it and taking the rest of the (red) state down with it.
Fled the state? Or escaped? I couldn't afford to rent in California, and that was in a marginal area. I'm glad you are fighting the good fight, and I agree that as California goes, so goes the country (perfect example: Kamala), but resenting people who fled because they couldn't live there are not your enemy.
♥ 100%. My people are still there. I followed the man I married. Left when I was 22. Mom is 97 and still lives in California. We are heartbroken over the state of our state, the state her family founded. I didn't know I was 'escaping' or 'fleeing' when I left in 87. I was pretty proud to be from California back then.
I lived there all my life, growing up it truly was a "Golden State". When I escaped was the height of lockdown, please inform on your neighbors if they have visitors, keep your mask on, follow the arrows but stay 6 feet apart, keep those church doors locked tight, absolutely do not walk on the beach or climb a mountain or play on a playground. By comparison, Phoenix, even in July heat was paradise.
But you could go to the bar or pot store, but lock that church! Man is so evil. I see what happened and am like “why did we fall for that?!” But I say never again, just like most of us say it. So…they are going to have to get us another way. I just wonder what form THAT will take? I have a feeling none will escape just by geographical location either. I hope I am wrong.
I guess different places were different. We were outside all the time. Our neighbors weren’t like that, etc. Our (former church) was open, close, masks, distancing, etc. We then went to Jack Hibbs church which is aver an hour away. Until we found a better church in our area, which we now attend.
So true Jeff. My family moved to gorgeous San Jose, CA from Alabama in the 60s when I was entering high school. CA had the best of everything - especially the geography, a Mediterranean climate which exists in only a few small spots in the whole world. In the 60s, Santa Clara Valley was transitioning to Silicon Valley and there were still apricot orchards in San Jose. The old ranch families that had been there for generations were very bitter as they saw their agricultural way of life destroyed in one generation by the influx of people and the electronics industry. Now politics has made CA uninhabitable. I moved to FL in the 80s not realizing I was escaping the political rape of CA. But I very much miss California the beautiful land. Closest thing to heaven on earth I've ever experienced.
Yes! I grew up with figs, oranges, almonds, pomegranates and grapes on our property. 60's to 80's. Beautiful. I hour from Tahoe, 1 hour from The City. You don't realize what you have until it is gone. Man has done more to destruct this nation and the actual land than any act of God ever could and it makes me sick. I am also thinking of the desecration of the American Bison and the dust bowl and the rape of California when I speak of this....and these are just 3 of so effing many.
Hahaha, we had orange groves where Disney World squats. 😔
Back in the day, the poorest could afford to go to Disneyland in CA. Now it is only for the wealthy and the pedos.
My mom used to say (speaking of North Orange County where I grew up) that one can only have paradise for a short period. The reason being that everyone wants in on it and they ruin it.
That's exactly what happened to much of Southern California. There are areas that still are a paradise though, and it's only because those who would ruin it can't afford to live in them. Those of us who are lucky enough to live in these areas guard our quality of life the way some people protect their children. Just the other day some graffiti showed up on a construction site fence. I emailed the City Manager and it was gone within eight hours. Also the Contractor was informed they are required under city code to immediately remove it going forward and would be held accountable. It's typical of how our city operates, the small stuff that other cities ignore is not tolerated.
At one point in my life I would have found this oppressive. Now I realize it's the only way to keep things from going to hell in a handbasket.
Yes, Phil! The Beach Boys and Muscle Cars.
Those were "the days".
But I would say by experience that it’s not, really not what it used to be. By far….
Yes I used to live there. Daughter lives there, step son lives there and I visit often, but I would never change my Texas or Florida for that. Thinking now on North Carolina,🤔
Don’t go is my advice. I lived there for 15 years and left 10 years ago for FL. My daughter lives in Raleigh. What a liberal mess and overrun with illegals now. They also have those solar paneled cameras all over the roads recording 24/7. Cooper was the latest to drag down that state. I feel sorry for the good conservative folks who don’t live in the cities.
I lived in Cary for 9 years back in the 90s. Sad to hear about North Carolina. Honestly, it was ruined by all of us Yankees relocating down there.
As a former CA and now live in FL, I would like to hear your thoughts about North Carolina.
Go to SANE Carolina- South Carolina. NUTS Carolina is 6 miles from us in SC and from what I can see Cooper and his nutjob Public Health Czar, Mandy something or other, have messed up NC. The conservatives are working on reclaiming their sanity, hopefully Robinson will win Governorship.
Hopefully Mark Robinson will be the next governor!
The common theme here seems to be Democrats.
I am originally CA native from the Ventura county area and left a long time ago. When I was there, we called LA, SMELL-A. (as children, we knew). It was a pit then and I am sure it is worse now. Thousand Oaks was a growing city, but still far from the pit. I saw a map of that area: Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura….all over-developed now, and was once mostly farmland. Wow!
I've lived in Simi Valley (neighboring Thousand Oaks) for 46 years. Massively over-developed is right! Our Valley used to be expansive groves of citrus trees. Now it's just all housing developments and (mostly) empty industrial buildings. :(
My hometown. How sad.😣
I lived in the next town over and only because I live with my family otherwise I couldn’t afford to live here, but I must say it is great to live here, and every Saturday I see many Trumpers at the Pier 🇺🇸❤️🙏🏻
I still live here…auto correct 🙄
Have lived in CA most of my life, with only a 6 year "purgatory" stay in MN. Thank God it wasn't longer, nor permanent. All the while, I was California dreaming and hoping for a return. As bad as things seem to be here, AND THEY ARE, things are MUCH WORSE elsewhere!
By God's Grace and WITH His Help, we are staying here to FIGHT! It takes courage to see the decay, especially when you've had better years, and keep praying, fighting and moving forward. I recall Dr. James Dobson words on raising children, "parenting isn't for cowards" that's how I feel about holding the line here in California - it isn't for cowards.
Big Sur is one of my favorite places on earth. That Pacific Coast Drive! Wow. I miss it!!
My daughter and I drove it (around 2002) from Monterey Bay area to Santa Barbara, and it wasn't very well paved and slow going, just the thing for a meandering scenic drive without a lot of traffic, so she could get her learner's permit driving miles under her belt and we could visit her best friend who had graduated from high school a year early and enrolled in the University of Santa Barbara. We drove all the way down, visited Rose, stopped for a sourdough bowl of clam chowder somewhere along the way, and drove home. All in one day.
Good memories.
I had always pictured SoCAL as the Beach Boys and Hollywood portrayed it to be. I was mildly disappointed when I visited but the beaches and sunsets lived up to the hype.
Santa Clarita. Couldn't wait to get the hell out. Left 25 years ago. It's an island of wealthy people now surrounded by a mote of crap. 35 years ago it's where people who couldn't afford Los Angeles moved to buy houses
Yes, by all means you don't want to live around "wealthy people" with their clean streets, mowed lawns, and freshly-painted houses. Much better to live in neighborhoods with cars parked on the front lawns and people letting their dogs crap on your property.
Do you realize how ridiculous this sounds? Most people earn their wealth through hard work. Hard work results from good habits leading to pride in ownership, consideration of others, and taking care of what they have. Not always of course, but generally speaking. Wealthy people don't have drunken blow out parties, race their motorcycles up and down residential streets. and blast their music at 90 dBA bothering everyone else.
Santa Clarita and Simi Valley were both where the poor people moved when then couldn't afford the San Fernando Valley. Simi in particular was decidedly low rent, most residents apparently weren't familiar with operating a lawn mower. Now they are the exact opposite and are highly desirable bedroom communities. Both have dramatically improved from what they once were thanks to those "wealthy" people.
I apologize for not making myself clear. I myself being a nurse was what you would call”low rent” until I was in my 50’s. I always cared for the places I lived like my own and never left a property that wasn't in as good condition or better than when I moved in. I followed all the rules and was a good neighbor.
The problem with the area was not the condition of the neighborhood. It was the minds of people that were fortunate enough to buy in early and get wealthy and somehow convinced themselves they were better than those who couldn't. Santa Clarita just became a high rent sh*thole polluted with a condescending holier than thou ideology.
My husband bought his first home in Simi close to 40 years ago, even though he worked in Santa Monica then... His house today belongs to his eldest daughter and the real estate in that neighborhood has appraised to close to one million... not bad for trying to get ahead through perseverance and hard work...
No, not yet... but I can see the day coming
https://www.ocregister.com/2024/08/27/2-men-targeted-by-robbers-at-fashion-island-in-newport-beach/
As much as I would like to leave for financial reasons I agree, raised my kids in Thousand Oaks and now live in a smaller South OC city. My husband, a native and has never left has difficulty understanding you can’t find California somewhere else, so stop looking when thinking about moving.
My wife and I came to the conclusion we'd need two homes, one for the Summer, one for the Winter. Otherwise we'd be miserable part of the year due to the weather. We both grew up in OC and realize there isn't much else like it.
We'll likely will move out of state after retirement as we have massive home equity and I'd like to access that to help my kids buy their own homes. I'm willing to put up with bad weather a few months each year if it means I can help my kids get a foothold.
The insurance is killing those who live rural there. Many companies are just pulling out, so you take what you can get and are lucky to have it.
California isn’t “becoming” a DemoncRAT super majority; it has been for a long time. First thing I thought of about the Kong story was the Jack Nicholson movie “Chinatown”
Me too! "Forget it Jake, it's just Chinatown"
Colorainbow's GOP is in a Civil War....we're so screwed here it's dam near time to leave this place to the Wolves and RINOs. Eli Bremmer leading doing the dirty work of Anti-MAGA coalition against Dave Williams, the self-inflicter Chairman who took the wheel after Burton-Brown looted the Chairmanship. Fools all. It's ranked voting on the way and Dems targeting every Rep. County and Sheriff at this point--political Annihilation
I grew up in Colorado Springs and always planned to retire there, but it’s changed so much that’s not the plan anymore. I’ll just visit occasionally and find somewhere else to retire.
There's a ton of infighting within the WA GOP too. Because of that, we'll likely end up with our most corrupt governor yet, though I'm hoping sanity miraculously prevails this election.
It saddens me to think about how far CO has fallen. I lived there before moving to WA. I moved there in the early 2000s when it a still pretty red and watched it evolve into a purple state, then pretty blue by the time we moved. Now it's not even a swing state anymore. So depressing.
Miracles always are possible, but the primary numbers for the corrupt Ferguson were staggering. I don’t think the east side of the state can fight that without a miracle. Also, I think elections in WA have been cheated for decades. Dino Rossi ran twice against Gregoire and the Dems just recounted until they “won” by around 200 votes. Twice. Today we have Inslee’s warped policy of sending a ballot to everyone with a driver’s license, which of course illegals can have.
I believe election cheating was developed and refined on the west coast and then transplanted to the national elections.
Yes there was that one Orange County election where it all mysteriously flipped to D at the last minute. I always believed it was a test case to see if they could do this in other places and on a bigger scale. I think we know the answer!
I've only been here since 2017, but it sure was strange in 2020 when, poof, at 8p the gubernatorial election was called for Inslee. I voted for Culp and honestly didn't expect him to perform well because he was too conservative of a candidate for WA, but it was still strange when we had no results then they suddenly appeared. My friend and I sat there saying, What is going on?
I pray Reichert can pull off a victory. I try to tell myself that 55% of voters here didn't want Ferguson, based on the primary. If huge numbers can turn out, maybe it'll be too big to rig.
The problem is that the wealthy elite leftists have the money to move to the beautiful, desirable places. They buy up homes, build more high end homes that only the wealthy can afford, and eventually the original "natives" are priced out of their own area. Where I live in the N. CA foothills is a good example. I moved here in 1987 and it was a small, gold rush area with two little towns close together. It was a big artist type area, tourists love it, but it mostly appealed to older, retired people. Homes were nice but modest, and only a few expensive areas with large new homes. And it was conservative here for the most part. Then the rich L.A. and Bay Area lefties discovered it, started buying up homes (and second homes), and also building some very expensive homes that weren't actually suitable for the mountain area, and they of course voted Democrat. Sadly, now this area is more dominated by the left. Yesterday I noticed a couple of Harris-Wall signs, although few people up here even put bumper stickers on their cars. That said, there are a lot of Trump supporters here with giant signs or flags, so all is not yet lost.
A friend recently moved to Littleton, CO, via a carrot dangled in front of her by her daughter, promising a free place to live, resembling a B&B for their friends and relatives. She's like a hostess. The costs associated with the move were not anticipated...everything is WAY more expensive, like car insurance. The politics are worse than predicted. With the frequency of calls to me, she's obviously miserable.....and exhausted. It breaks my heart.
All the state Republican parties are in a civil war.
Michigan GOP is in a Civil War, as well. RINOs v MAGA grassroots.
That is now beginning to happen in FL as well...
The Venezuelan gangs around Denver and Aurora is crazy. Aurora is not a sanctuary city but got screwed being near Denver.
I think there was an excellent TV series on this w Billy Bob Thorton called Goliath. Season 2 was about corrupt LA mayor I think.
One of our favorite series. Season 1 and 4 are the best. Wish the language wasn’t so awful but the story line is just so good. The good guys win!
Where is that streaming? Quit cable in March and always looking for new good programs. Right now watching " We Were the Lucky Ones" on Hulu. Bringing me to tears at times but important to see. We must not let those horrors happen again. Like Trump says "fight, fight, fight".
Prime. It’s good but definitely for mature audiences. Season 2 and 3 were almost to graphic for me but Season 4 is a triumph!
We are also looking for good series. Will check out “We Were the Lucky Ones.”
Amazon
Season 4 amazing prelude to big Pharma and covid. Brainwashing kids via children’s shows. Episode 5
Season 4 was amazing
The Colorado situation sounds too much like the plot of the book Black Autumn. It'll be a movie soon - Homestead.
Did you said MINERALS
I grew up there and it was a solid Republican state. Glad I left when I did.
Same. The good old Reagan era days. Berkeley was still nut central though and the squirrels just kept multiplying.
It is ironic that these people have fences around their homes or live in gated communities in order to keep the riff-raff out, but they oppose fences and protection at our country”s borders.
And the DNC sure had them!
….and the fools who know this….. Continue voting Dem. Idiots among us. How did we even get here? Hmmm Dems get away with murderous conduct while Repubs just sit back and watch.
Harris is trying to position herself as being from Oakland, CA. In case you don't know about Oakland, most of it would qualify as a "hood." She thinks she can fool people into thinking she has real street cred because of Oakland. Well, she's not really from there, didn't really spend much time there, so that's fake posturing. If you want to see some of Harris' Utopia for yourself, take a trip to Oakland. Or go to once beautiful downtown San Francisco. Those are her model cities for the rest of America. But wear a bulletproof vest and knee-high wader boots for your trip to these progressive-utopian Democrat cities.
All my life I knew to avoid Oakland. I used to love San Francisco, surely one of the world's most beautiful cities. Now I wouldn't go there even if you paid me. It is ruined.
Connecticut has NO Republicans in statewide office, or in its congressional delegation. 30 years ago we had a Republican governor, AG, 1 Senator, and 4 of the 6 representatives were Republicans. At the same time, my little town had a five-person board of education. The Republicans would nominate 4 candidates, assuring the Dems of at least one seat, just to be fair. Today the board is made up of 5 Dems, just to be fair.
I saw a video about the Aurora apt bldgs. So much for illegals not allowed to carry. The one guy leading the pack seemed to be quite comfortable with a machine gun-looking thing in his hand. Maybe the cartel coyote sold it to him?
Jesus can not come soon enough🙏🏻
California is not really a single party state although yes heavily democratic in SF, LA, and Marin counties. As a long time resident here while a far cry from the Reagan years, there are many patriots (republicans, independents and #WalkAwayDemocrats) fighting tirelessly against the corruption, for election integrity, and to inspire good people to run for local elections. Many republicans here have changed their political status to Independent or NPP ( no political preference) so they/their businesses wouldn’t get blowback, thus making California seem less republican. This bothered me greatly because not only are they cowards but they then couldn’t vote for the republican GOP central committee members which is critical for grass roots change. The republican numbers for the state would thus appear lower than actual. Maybe that is all a good thing, like a secret weapon that will play out in the election. We’ll see. But the pro America rallies here are spirited and widely attended. The California patriots mostly need prayers and words of encouragement to Fight fight fight!!!
But, but, Yuri...the food choices :) I mean, where else can you get Tikka masala and chimichangas? Isn't this what they tell native British all the time? How would London survive without curry dishes?
See my comments as a native of California.
Let all the earth fear Yahweh;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
For He spoke, and it was;
He commanded, and it stood.
Yahweh nullifies the counsel of the nations;
He frustrates the thoughts of the peoples.
The counsel of Yahweh stands forever,
The thoughts of His heart from generation to generation.
Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh,
The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance.
— Psalm 33:8-12 LSB
May we return to a nation whose God is Yahweh. Lord, hear my plea.
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."
Isaiah 12:2
I was thinking about this yesterday. To maintain the freedoms of our country will always be a battle, just like the fight against the sin of our flesh will always be a battle. The battle for political peace doesn't end until Jesus is on the Throne. The battle against our flesh doesn't end until we are glorified. Thankfully, God has promised and His promises never fail.
Phillipians 1:6 And I am sure of this, that He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Nicely stated👍
Amen 🙏
Always sharp. Always on time with the perfect words. Thanks Janice.
Amen.
Nullification and frustration to the enemies of God.
💯❤️
How is this happening to Durov? France is definitely off my travel list. I guess Paris won’t miss me.
With this and the Olympic embarrassment… No one should go to France, simply in protest.
My nephew and his wife moved to France 20+ years ago to work there. They expected a cool international experience but ended up hating it. They lived and worked there for about a year and had their eyes opened to the reality of a full-blown socialist society. They also said that the French people in general had no use for Americans, they were not friendly towards them at all.
Lots of dead American military in French cemeteries.
Talk about ungrateful...
My Dad, who had his tours courtesy of the US Navy, said that the only French who had any regard for Americans were the ones old enough to remember what our country did for them. Disgusting.
Not many of them left. And we can thank the French for Cambodia, Vietnam, all the beautiful places of indochina. Can I say that?
My husband and I lived in France for a year in 1973-74 while I was a student there. Even back then, the French (especially the younger ones) were generally quite arrogant towards Americans, and were often snooty and rude to us. However, we found the older French (who would have been my parents' ages and older) were lovely and friendly, and oh so grateful to America for how we saved them in the war. I think things got worse later on in terms of how socialist France was, but even though I was only 24 at the time, I really saw a major difference between our freedoms in the U.S. and what it was like in France. Big difference.
The grateful French are probably all gone now.
The Parisians hate the French, the French hate everyone else. Europeans aren’t known for being “friendly” like Americans are. I lived in Europe for 15 years. They aren’t “rude” by their standards just business like In attitude.
Paris was always the worst, in my experience. I lived in the south of France (Aix-en-Provence) and the people seemed nicer and friendlier there. A lot of them were from Italy. My landlords were Sicilian, and were wonderful.
Interestingly, my French friends came to NY (of all places) during the Olympics! Thought it was better than being in France! 😁
Funny! 😆
I’m with you
Durov is likely in the crosshairs of the U.S. Deep State. France was the Proxy. Durov’s arrest sends a clear message to Zuckerberg. Comply with the DS censorship complex or else. Zuckerberg conveniently sent a letter to Congress admitting the USG pressured FB to censor in 2020 and forward. That letter was likely a limited hangout message, that allows FB and Zuckerberg to not be Telegram and Durov.
Mike Benz gives his in-depth explanation for Durov's arrest in this Tucker interview.
https://rumble.com/v5crtxx-mike-benz-the-real-reason-for-pavel-durovs-arrest-and-the-deep-states-plan-.html
Mike Benz is clearly the smartest guy in the room.....any room.
It’s astonishing how much information is in his head. And his ability to communicate what he knows make me feel smarter. He must have a photographic memory.
agree, he's amazing
I watched this interview. It is informative.
They all need to bring the governments illegal activity to light.
It wasn’t just the govt. Zuckerbucks complied happily. He’s just trying to CYA now. Playing both sides hoping for a pass. He’s a snake and a viper that needs to be in prison and all his/CIA platforms need to be destroyed. Snail mail anyone? I’ll take a platform without all their criminality if that’s even possible.
I wouldn't trust Zuckerbucks any farther than I could toss a piano.
Paris is not the city of Hollywood films any longer.
Lots of illegals.
Glad I got to see it back in 2014. At that time it was still quite lovely and felt safe, though I did notice a pretty heavy armed presence around the major tourist attractions (e.g. Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Sacre Coeur).
When I lived in the south of France in 1973-74, there were a LOT of Algerians there, doing all the scab labor of course. We all used to laugh at the French (remembering their motto of Liberté, égalité, fraternité) and how they had a secret 4-tier system of prices for food/coffee at the cafés. Cheapest rate was local French. A higher rate was for French who were not local. Next highest rate was for Americans and other foreigners. The very highest rate of all was for for the Algerians.
Dirty
A few years back, I was there during a garbage strike.
Those bastards love to strike!
I think the Germans are worse.
I got stranded twice when Lufthansa went on strike. They just cancelled my flight. Did not reschedule.
And I had to scramble to rebook.
Yikes. We’re flying Lufthansa to Munich in October. Hope they don’t go on strike again.
Italy is pretty good at it too.
Maybe everyone should be considering visiting Argentina? I heard they were under new management. 😉
I would consider a visit to the countryside and stay at one of their haciendas but no to any large city in any country including the US. Country girl I am.
Pretty glad I took my daughter last year, it was during tourist season 🤦🏻♀️ but never again! This will not encourage people to visit, along with London, they are both off my future travel.
My son lived in Paris for a year. We visited in 2007. While the historical spots were thrilling, before Norte Dame cathedral burned, the Parisians had a barely disguised disdain for Americans. Going to Normandy was far superior. In 2010 we went to London as our son was living there then. Most of the tourist stuff was run by Eastern Europeans. Ended up staying 8 days longer than intended when the Icelandic volcano erupted and grounded all flights in much of Europe, especially the British Isles. Saw a great deal more British history because of the extra time, and learned a ton. Happy we went when we did.
I last visited Paris in 1999. The people are awful there. I too heard that Normandy is worth a visit. It's still on my list. I don't want to return to Paris.
Normandy is worth the trip. Northern France countryside is beautiful and the people were very friendly and appreciative of Americans (this was in 2014),
Yes the last time to France this was our favorite part of the trip. Still very moving. Our base was Bayeux, easy train from Paris and can walk to town from the station. Rented a car there to tour the beaches, cemetery and Point du Hoc. Highly recommend.
YES!! I was in Paris about 15 years ago - much better experience and London about 13 years ago. I’m stunned at how insane Europe has gotten. My son and his wife are going to Spain in Nov, I can only pray they have an amazing trip with no conflicts.
Sister lives in Ireland. I won’t be going there anymore.
Ireland is being set up for take over. MANY "camps" housing military aged men. It's the port there that's strategic. The link is VERY interesting and starts out talking about what's going on in Ireland.
https://rumble.com/v5b32cq-interview-with-matt-bracken.html
My heart goes out to your sister....😔
Yes. I am reading an Irish activist on our side. It’s going to get nasty there. Decent housing is going to thuggish immigrants while Irish citizens are being locked out. My sister doesn’t acknowledge any of that and she’s ultra liberal US citizen there—since 1975. She castigates me and tells me not to patronize her. While the Irish government has basically put her in poverty. Her bank account was totally skimmed and stolen—they know who it is but nothing is happening and the bank keeps fobbing her off to another department. Meanwhile she has to go on the dole and scratch for a living. She is an artist and the 2009 blowup destroyed her business then. Been hard ever since for her. When I didn’t vax the first image she invoked was I was a trump lover. Or a right winger. Jaysus, I didn’t even know the real truth about the Dems until a couple of months later when my eyes were opened to the horrifying truth. Ive been there )13 times but won’t anymore. She needs to come home here but refuses. It’s all she knows.
ANOTHER place off my list and my "people" are from County Cork (discovered that going through my deceased mother's paper work and found the birth certificate for my grandmother).
We went to Ireland in 2013. Flew into Dublin but stayed in Kildaire County, the horse capital of Ireland. We stayed at a lodge with a group of 11 other people. It was lovely. Ireland is beautiful. It has a history quite different from Britain’s even though they share many connections. It was a wonderful trip. The night before we flew home, we stayed again in Dublin overnight to catch an early flight. As we walked around a tourist area of Dublin after dark, strolling a main thoroughfare, a group of young kids, probably 12 to 14 in age threw a firecracker right behind us. I thought I had gone deaf for a moment. They ran away laughing, and as we walked around we could hear more firecrackers going off, probably hitting all the tourists. The one blemish on a great trip.
Visited Paris on my own in fall 2018. Had a delightful time and found the French I had contact with very helpful and friendly. I walked everywhere—how you get connected to the city/people). That was my second visit on my own. I’d go back in a second but the world has changed. At least I got there. Wonderful memories.
Us too, Sept 2018. Very hot and humid but we loved it. Took a river boat cruise in southern France and was in Paris for one afternoon and night. We needed more time there. Now probably will never go back. 😢
I know. I just want to go to Hungary and Budapest...
I’ve wanted to go there too as my grandparents came from Hungary.
Budapest is beautiful.
Honestly, I really, really wanted to get to England. No longer. This makes me quite sad.
Best time to visit is shoulder season.
Every day I take another country off my "to visit" list. The list is getting shorter, but honestly, I am now focused on creating a refuge at my home - a landing place for my kids for when the coming really tough times arrive.
Macron is obeying orders from somewhere near DC. 😖
Listen to Tucker's latest interview. Benz explains that NATO and the US suspect Telegram is being used by Putin to get ahead in Ukraine.
Years ago, I believed that the "globalists" were working to make every country, and every state in the US, into homogenous, miserable s***holes. Then, there'd be no place to flee.
“And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
II Corinthians 12:9 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/2co.12.9.NKJV
“He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.”
Isaiah 40:29 ESV
2 Corinthians 12:10 That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Every time I think of how depraved our country has become over the last 20 years (I only started paying attention in 2004) I think of Lot. I imagine him being just as appalled then, as the "wise" ones of today are now (Daniel 12:9-13). He endured (persevered) his situation and walked closely to the Lord. Then, in a perfect picture of Rapture, was taken home. But, his goofy wife.....his goofy, goofy wife.
Wives are always the problem, no? 🫢😏
Salt of the earth….
Austin, the Bible never mentioned that Daniel was ever married and it’s my personal belief that he was converted into a eunuch.
My wife is a blessing to me!
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self his being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16
Such a hope filled and encouraging passage for today.
❓🪖Jeff, upon your review, perhaps Courtney’s family could be the recipient of a C&CArmy fundraiser?
(This is a copy/paste from an email received from We The Patriots USA of Caldwell, Idaho.)
Courtney Miller Fish, East Palestine Plaintiff and Hero, Passes at Age 36.
"We are very saddened to report that Courtney Miller Fish, the sole individual plaintiff in our East Palestine, OH train derailment lawsuit, passed away unexpectedly on Wed August 21, 2024.
Courtney was a truth warrior who refused to back down and never stopped fighting for her family and her community. When a train derailed in her hometown of East Palestine, OH, Courtney stepped to the front of the of the line and stood up for all the families who were poisoned there."
A 3-minute interview with Tucker Carlson which aired Feb 16, 2023: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6320639015112
Courtney’s obituary: https://www.arnerfuneralchapel.com/obituary/Courtney-MillerFish
A Celebration of Life will be held this Saturday. 🙏🏻
Donated. The repetitive deaths of young people cut down in the prime of life is profoundly saddening. And we all know these deaths are not natural but are the result of evil men playing God. Besides praying for her family, I pray that the Lord will bring His judgement to bear in our time. I so desire to see the end of all this suffering.
A donation link is in the obituary.
I only see a link for flowers or a tree?
Go to the obituary and then scroll all the way to the bottom to see the Donation for funeral expenses link.
Amen!
What is “passed unexpectedly”? It seems to be the new word in obituaries to explain exactly what?
Vax, most likely. Sad as hell.
Or the railway spill and burn-off of toxins. Or both.
Or she was too vocal about the water and non help from all agencies.
My bets are on a heart attack gun or a strange car accident. I don't think she was the superyacht kind.
VERY possible... even likely. They want everyone to shut up about the spill.
Nobody else stepped up?
Thank you for sharing this.
Donated $22 from a C&C Warrior! Honored to be able to help. RIP, Courtney.
Thank you for sharing this. I vividly remember seeing her talk to Tucker. Such a warrior!
36 years old. Wow, far too young. Donation sent via link in her obit.
RIP Courtney. :(
“ How, for tax purposes, are owners supposed to value real estate, when there’s no agreed-on price? Would the government accept the owner’s opinion of the value? Or would they force property owners to get an appraisal every single year, to file with their tax returns? Or would IRS agents, like property tax appraisers, set the value of everything you own?”
Maybe just ask corrupt New York judges how much they think it should be worth?
My husband and I own rental properties. We keep our rents below market value because our tenants are struggling financially. And we are determined to never resemble "slum lords." This tax scenario is frightening and feels like a direct assault on those who have taken financial risks and are providing housing. For the first time, I am wondering if real estate was a good investment.
CDC had no authority to declare a rent moratorium during the plandemic.
The government violated the bill of rights by shutting down the country, depriving people of their jobs, destroying businesses without just compensation. Millions of people couldn’t pay rent. They would have been on the street. The money I received when the place I work was shut down, which I only took for a few months until I found another way to make money, wouldn’t even come close to paying for rent where I live, much less food, utilities, car insurance, homeowners insurance, etc.
I know a lot of small investors who own rental properties. They were at or near bankruptcy because their tenants were not paying rent...some tenants did this for almost 2 years.
Needless, to say, it had these small investors reevaluating why they should even own properties.
If I were still of working age, I'd do my best to insulate myself from the madness. Small business, something always in demand no matter what. Might even include country property with meat and produce to sell.
well look at the take over of property in CO, I believe... I just saw another article on the armed illegal gangs taking over housing projects...
Yes, I just read about it this morning.
I had rentals years decades ago. I was very picky as to whom I let in. Also, I never raised rents. I figured that above par renters were a treasure. I also understood that people moving out mean lost income for at least a month, sometimes two. Often not worth the extra income. I always asked for first, last and one month's security. This screened out a lot of problems.
I figure you are pretty smart!
It's not as easy as it used to be. I have some methods when people apply. I tell people I am accumulating responses and will choose the best fit. Technically I don't owe anyone a contract. But I have been threatened and it's not much fun. And if there is an ESA, there's not much you can do, even if it's an animal that causes damage, like a ferret. There are responsible pet owners but it's a huge risk. We have spent literally thousands of dollars to repair pet damage. But I still enjoy it. There are opportunities to really help people, which is rewarding.
Better you than me. I am too old to put up with nonsense, so to speak. The most I'd do today, assuming I was younger, is buy distressed and improve ... and resell. I must confess, I am not very good at jumping through other people's hoops, especially government.
It’s not.
This harkens back to Rome, and others I'm sure, when tax collectors could charge whatever they wanted to, skim the top and bribe the lawyers and leaders. Nothing new under the sun and we are still this stupid... And they know it. "Save me! Save me! From the troubles of life!" Like the crowds who followed the Son of God, their Creator, Saviour for free fish and chips but left when He called them out for being fickle and lazy.
Those that don't know or learn from history are doomed to repeat it...
RJ Rambler paraphrase Bible "free fish and chips" lol
Be direct - how much do you want and where should I deposit it?
the Govt LIKES to entrap, discretionary powers, the ability to surprise audit on records from 5 years ago. fair, transparent, straightforward aren't crafty enough for their wicked power-tripping tastes. Haven't they even said that (income) taxes are irrelevant to revenue now that Neo-Monetary Policy and UBI-DC are the future, that income taxes are simply an issue of compliance and control
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Just sell to Blackrock and rent it back from them, they have tax professionals who figure this out and you will own nothing and be happy.
BlackRot
The idea of having to pay every year for an assessor to come up with how much tax you have to pay MUST be illegal -- the fishermen who won in the SCOTUS were having to pay the expense of having a government monitor on their fishing boats to make sure they were abiding by the rules/laws. Supreme Court said making them have to do that was wrong.
...unless...
the "government" (with taxpayers' dollars) is going to pay the IRS to do the assessments? No, they're not assessors. so it still sounds like that is beyond the scope of their agency authorization to me...
I do so love the repeal of the Chevron doctrine.
Jimmy Carter once tried one of these "get the rich" tax schemes. He imposed a high luxury tax on yachts over 35 feet (I think that's the figure). The people who paid were the 35,000 boat builders who lost their jobs as that business died. However, the sale of used boats from foreign countries took up the demand for yachts.
Unrealized capital gains tax is a huge disincentive to invest. Who will get hurt? Start-ups, emerging tech entrepreneurs, and anybody in need of an angel investor. Why would an investor put money into an already risky venture when he knows that he'll get whacked by Auntie Kam if the venture does well?
Remember the old line, "The power to tax is the power to destroy."
hmm. "Auntie Kam"
v. Uncle Sam
Exactly. And it doesn’t hurt the lawmakers. Guns for me but not for thee. For for illegals but not for legals. Everything these “weirdos” touch falls apart.
So if everything we own gets charged an amount based on it's current "value" vs the original purchase price, then will we get rebates, credits or money back when something depreciates, like a car, or goes down in "value", like stocks? What is the incentive to actually own something if it will be perpetually taxed? People might be happier if they owned nothing at all.
...wait....that sounds familiar....I can't place it from where, though.....
Good one! Yes, I would like to hear the part about getting money back when the asset depreciates.
Cash refund or tax credit on unrealized depreciation!
We could write off all our taxes this way, right?
You've got something there.
Yeah, wondered that myself. If there's another market crash and values drop, do we all get a healthy rebate....LOL
I think not!
Good morning! Another great day to be weird! 😉
Kinda like being in that basket of deplorables!
And still clinging to my Bible.
And guns
The Founder's Bible, 2nd edition
The Origin of the Dream of Freedom
My new treasure🙏🇺🇲
Weirdaphobia and Lefty-Christian Nationalism suddenly popular positions in the Democultic Party;
KowMala (MadCow) and WalzNutz are KOOK Whackjobs that the Media and Leftist Voterz LOVE... The average Dem voter makes the Craziest MAGA-TRUMP-Jan 6th Insurrection Nut look like a moderate
The Spanish speaking population of the San Francisco area, where Kamala reined, referred to her as QueMala (pronounced KAY Mala and translates to HOW BAD 😝)
Weird, right. It feels weird, ohh it’s because we are the old normal and nowadays is weird.
Better Weird than Warmonger, Human-Fentanyl Trafficking, Pedophile Commie Criminal Kook
💃😆🙋♀️
"Or would IRS agents, like property tax appraisers, set the value of everything you own?"
DING DING DING! We have a winner! Maybe that's what those new 87,000 agents will be working on, along with improving their shooting skills.
Trying to give rights to illegal aliens that they wish to strip from citizens just buttresses the old adage that if they didn't have double standards they'd have no standards at all!
Hadn’t heard that one in a while…so perfect
Illegal aliens did not have to be vaccinated to stroll across our southern border. Meanwhile, citizens- firemen, nurses, teachers- were losing their ability to support their families for refusing this unapproved, unhealthy medical intervention.
Here in the soviet republic of Washington State we lost a lot of the actually productive public servants to the jab diktat and now we are having a hard time fielding a full fleet of ferries, among other things. The diktat went away but they refuse to hire back those fired due to non-compliance. It also doesn't help that the green czars are mandating battery or hybrid boats which are three times as expensive and several years away. Jaydolf can't go away fast enough! His likely successor Turd Ferguson will be worse because he has the same fascist tendencies but is considerably smarter. We may have to pull an eastward ho maneuver. Prayers are appreciated.
“Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
2 Corinthians 3:17-18
From glory to glory. Hold fast!
I read that in Kamala's voice, as it is makes about as much sense as
most of what she says.
I think you just coined Trumps new nickname for her. Klepto Kamala
Kleptamala
Kleptahahamala
Best one 😂
That IS good! It’s also brat!!! Ha
KoupMala is a kleptomaniac but Vance is Weird...
On real estate, taxes are already collected on unrealized capital gains; this is what governments like so much about the property tax, and its also how they force people off their land, especially farmland. Property taxes were known as "quitrent" under English feudal law. From the wiki: "Quit rent, quit-rent, or quitrent is a tax or land tax imposed on occupants of freehold or leased land in lieu of services to a higher landowning authority, usually a government or its assigns." Higher landowning authority; governments own all land and improvements to the land de facto, not the citizen.
Neo-fuedalism
Why must the tax madness continue? Why DO we still pay taxes??? I’m tired of it.
Why not sue the government for unlawful price gouging, insurrection, election fraud, funding terrorism, bank fraud, tax fraud, and their new favorite crime - falsifying business records.. 🤌🏽🤌🏽
Yep. All bank rolled by the FRBS .. See my post below
Prop 13, if it's still in effect in California, limited the annual raising of assessed residential home property values to 2% per year if the owner was living in the home as their primary residence. Values were only raised to market value (whatever the home sold for), when the property changed hands due to sale of the property.
People who stay in their homes and even pay off their mortgages so they only have property tax to pay (and homeowner's insurance and the like), have so much unrealized appreciation going on (especially with the rate of inflation there), and property taxes are collected at a rate that is much smaller than if the property were to be resold.
I'm sure the greedy tax-grabbing-planners would like to drive people off their properties just for that reason.
In big cities, the government/NGO-homeless-and-other-human-trafficking-and-slave-labor-industrial-complex is greedily and opportunistically driving out business in SF, LA and places --using their homeless populations, criminals, illegal drug traffickers, human traffickers, illegal immigrants to torment, punish, and drive out the law-abiding and responsible citizens of California, and really, the other states as well.
Yes, Prop 13 is still in effect in CA, although there are people (Democrats, of course) who would love to get rid of it. This seems like a hill to die on for a huge number of voters in California, and believe me, there would be a massive revolt if the government ever managed to abolish it. I'm one who benefits...I bought my house in 1989 and its supposed value has more than tripled since then. My prop tax has of course gone up a bit over the years, but it's still reasonable and affordable due to Prop 13. Prop 13 is one of the truly great things about California....great for those of us who bought homes long ago.
Yep! When I left Commiefornia after owning a house for 25 years it made for a lovely transition to a new life without pussy hat wearing idiots
Mom and Dad bought a 4 bedroom tract home in 1973 for a little over $20K; it sold in 2004 for a little over $400K...
Crazy housing expenses in California if you didn't buy in early and stay in one place.
And high taxes on gas, sales, income... and tobacco!
We have a similar law in Michigan, but the cap is 5% per year. That's above the Fed's target for inflation, so as a matter of practicality it doesn't limit property taxes at all. If, make that when, hyper-inflation comes to our shores, it might be a very good thing.
You are spot on.. and nobody understands it .. In FL at least it is capped at what you paid for the property not it's current value like it is in other states...
In Florida people were being taxed out of there homes. If the property around you sold for huge amounts that must mean your property is worth more so your taxes go up. Finally a law was passed that limited the increase to,I think, 3% a year. I have a friend in Georgia who said that her property taxes are calculated on what she paid for her home and aren’t raised until the property sells. This was a while ago, not sure if it’s the same now.
Many people do not understand that the government will rake you over the coals via taxes on capital gains if you sell a commercial property during your lifetime. We all know the value of land normally always increases but the normal market increases isn't taken into account upon the sale of the property. Only after you die can your children sell the land at the current value of the property without unbelievably high taxes on capital gains. I'm not sure what the reasoning for capital gains was originally..