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Cake day: March 28th, 2024

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  • I’m a Washingtonian and I’ve voted, protested, and in every way possible fought against politicians like this for decades.

    This isn’t the classic United States “fucking over other countries for US gain”. Trump and the MAGA cronies are also fucking over the US for personal gain. They’ve fooled the most gullible, ignorant fraction of the population into supporting them despite it being against their best interests, a fraction that continues to grow due to decades of intense propaganda, sabotaged public education, and political cultism.

    We’re all victims here. Some more than others but, with the exception of those supporting the fascist MAGA movement with full knowledge of what they truly stand for, everyone in the world is a victim.












  • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoMemes@lemmy.mlThey can't hold out forever
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    6 days ago

    I’m assuming they’re looking to buy after this condo sale. If that’s the case, they may not have much choice as their next place will be similarly insanely inflated, so they need that money to get the monthly payment to something affordable.

    That’s the position my partner and I are in. We have equity in our house, but it’s mostly because it has “appreciated” to a level that we could never afford, despite making a combined over quarter million dollars a year (due to living in a high cost of living area). Even if we sold our house at full inflated market price and used it all as a down payment, we’d be hard pressed to afford a place with the same price.

    It’s not that I’m complaining about the equity, it just doesn’t get me much when everything else is insanely inflated. We barely squeaked into the place we’re in because COVID tanked interest rates and prices in our area.