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I am absolutely stunned that this president can pass anything he wants, say anything he wants, whether true or not, and do anything he wants without anyone with the power to stop it stopping it somehow. Are ALL the people in Congress, or on the airwaves, afraid of him or is it the fact that he is our first "black" president and nobody wants to be seen an NOT PC? Is everyone in awe of him? What does it take for him to be told "NO, IT ISN'T GONNA HAPPEN"? And I cannot believe that all Democrats/liberals agree with all that he is doing and has already done! Someone put the brakes on him, please!
Last edited by Lodestar 77; 11-14-2010 at 01:04 PM..
Reason: I reworded my last sentence so it wouldn't be taken out of context and used against me.
I have some black neighbors that moved in across the street. They are likely section 8. I said hello to them even though I knew they were probably section 8 people. After awhile of bull****ting they gave me a beer. About a month ago they had a bbq and invited me over and made some fantastic ribs. To sum it up, I'd rather have section 8 neighbors who give me free beer and ribs than edub as a neighbor.
^What makes you assume that they are Section 8? And what makes you think that your free meal wasn't paid for with a Bridge Card that was paid for by you.
I have some black neighbors that moved in across the street. They are likely section 8. I said hello to them even though I knew they were probably section 8 people. After awhile of bull****ting they gave me a beer. About a month ago they had a bbq and invited me over and made some fantastic ribs. To sum it up, I'd rather have section 8 neighbors who give me free beer and ribs than edub as a neighbor.
I shouldn't be laughing at this because I am black but darnit this is funny LMBO!
My thought was that if the check is issued by the individual cities, they could come out screwed on this. Say Madison Heights pays so much in S8 payments to tenants, but the tenants don't want to live in Madison Heights and they all go rent in Waterford Township, Madison Heights loses a whole load of money.
Section 8 doesn't work this way. Payments are made to the landlord (or more likely made to the management company) directly from HUD, not the individual city where the housing is located.
Full disclosure: I work for a large project-based (not tenant-based) Section 8 housing provider.
^What makes you assume that they are Section 8? And what makes you think that your free meal wasn't paid for with a Bridge Card that was paid for by you.
The same criteria edub uses. The house is being rented according to property records, they're black, they're is a lot of them in one house, they sit on their porch and drink beer all day, and they don't appear to have full time jobs.
So what if they used a bridge card? Am I suppose to be a dick to them then? Unlike edub, I don't want to have issues with my neighbors. I bull**** with them and pretend they're my friend and they like me and watch out for my house. If I was a douchebag to them, they'll likely tell their friends and then vandalize my house. It's like having Cheers across the street. I walk over and they yell out my name and I get a beer. I have a prick a couple doors down in Grosse Pointe who wants them out. Honestly I'd rather have them as neighbors than a prick like edub.
I appears that if a landlord qualifies to rent to Section 8 they can't discriminate among the section 8 candidates. There was a lawsuit in Portland Maine a few years ago where a landlord was suing the the state or whatever agency it was that sent him the tenant. His gripe was that the tenant was terrible but nobody told him about the tenant's history.
I think that's where the rub is. The landlord cannot screen the potential tenants or kick them out.
It's horrible for the landlords because they get tenants who trash their property; for the neighbors because their property values go down when the neighborhood is trashed, and the section 8 people themselves who have trouble finding rents because nobody will rent to them.
Nobody wins.
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