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I agree, I live in one of those types of cities. A typical $60,000 house in 1990 is now $250,000.
I dispute your claims that gentrification drives out long-time residents, though. In my area, long-time landowners are now filthy rich from real estate development; a handful of big local landowners now dominate the local economy. The pattern I see is that "Old Folks" in blue-collar neighborhoods now have houses that are worth FAR more than they could've afforded themselves, and they can now cash out with big bucks.
They complain about increased property taxes as if they were "victims", but fail to mention how their home equity tripled in price.
We have high property rates though in Texas so these folks are impacted.
Plus Austin has decided to go green and that is also expensive.
Those with money can afford these increases. But the blue collar and below are having a tough time of it.
Having increased property value though is just profits on paper. Having to pay the higher tax bill is money coming out of your bank account.
King's ransom, like the guy who bought his Boxster from his patent disclosures alone.
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Petty semantics, like distributing 401k's annually instead of bi-weekly?
I get my 401k contribution every paycycle. Are you talking about the "free cash"? If you want that, you can work at SAS for 25% less pay and a mundane work schedule. Oh, and the "free child care" you won't actually get unless you were tenured.
Or, you could always work on the left coast and live in a cramped studio while making six figures.
In most places unemployment benefits are an insurance program, you payinto it while you are working and draw on it temporarily if you need to if you lose your job, i wouldnt call those availing themselves of the program derogatory names they are just using an insurance program they paid into just like car insurance or medical insurance.
Now denying the unemployment insurance program to exist expect more of a drain on welfare systems as people try to survive between jobs and expect an increase in crime rate as people get desperate.
FUTA and SUTA are taxes imposed on employers, not employees.
Note that Cali's population represents almost 12% of the total U.S. population.
Ah, I see you've discovered one of the elephants in the closet there.
There's more elephants hiding as well from other Fed programs so many states eagerly jumped into.
Most places i've been unemployment insurance is a temporary affair and not something that you can live off of for very long. Are you sure you arent mistaking unemployment insurance with welfare?
Up to this most recent recession, all 50 states offered up to 26 weeks of unemployment, since the program was created in the 50's.
Yes, we shall see! With courage, guts, creativity, imagination there's all sorts of jobs they may undertake: home invasions, pickpocketing, identity theft, carjacking, burglary and?
Let's hope they don't all go to college and get a college degree, as a college degree gives you a legal license to steal! We have enough of those criminals around!
Please they're are crops that need to be picked. They can head to the fields.
I'm glad this came down just in time to expand concealed carry laws. The taxpayers will be relieved to save more money if and when the truly desperate try to rob others' property instead of getting the state to do it for them and they are promptly dispatched from this planet. No need for three hots and a cot, just a quickie funeral and returning to the Earth what it had produced.
Win-win for everyone, except the thug, overzealous DA, and ambulance chasers.
Lobbyists with nonprofits that have religious or moral purposes, including the Family Policy Council, Christian Action League and N.C. Values Coalition, were in the room for the committee debate and the subsequent Senate floor debate. Senators noted that those lobbyists were given notice of the bill and its contents ahead of time.
It seems state and federal amendments and pork tend to get added during the wee hours.
In my experience while the employer may deal with the necessary paperwork its most always a payroll deduction from your paycheck , usually to the tune of $20-$30 per week.
I'll agree 99 weeks is a bit over the top,30-40 weeks max
You see SUTA/FUTA taxes on your paycheck stub?
What state are you in?
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