Please tell us how your life has improved since Biden took office.

[Feltdesigner]

Originally Posted by blameyourself

Please tell us how your life has improved since Biden took office.

Some refinanced their homes early in the game and paid down much higher debt. A very big win. My FIL (bless his soul) passed away and my wife and her sisters will receive a windfall they wouldn't have had a few years back.

There you go.

yup.. we refinanced to a 10 year mortgage. Life is good right now.

[ecko_complex24]

Originally Posted by Ehrmantraut

Is this your way of saying it's not Biden's fault? That's a joke. "Don't worry about it, just get on assistance" is not the attitude to take and it does no one any favors except the recipient.



No, Knoxville is one of the hottest areas in the country because the secret got out and people from blue states are moving there. The "Nashville trickle" as I've always called it happened. I assure you RE has exploded there because everyone wants to live there now. I wish I owned a home in Knoxville, I know people who live there who have made a fortune just from owning a house over the past 5-10 years.

Well if I’m going through hard times due to external pressures on the economy, you best believe I would be better off having the ability to get on some kind of assistance. I say this as someone who was fortunate enough to only be unemployed once for about 4 months. The recipient is the one going through hard times, so it’s good that it helps them out, that is the logic of assistance. It also helps auxiliary businesses who would suffer if that recipient had no way to purchase their products.

I’m aware that Knoxville has been booming. You didn’t get that drift from my post. Conservatives happy that the red states are seeing growth and that blue states are going through a so called exodus, but upset that growth has other market forces namely rise in housing costs. Nope, just blame the president that housing costs are going up in your area of the country.

[ecko_complex24]

Originally Posted by Feltdesigner

I’m doing great in my career and making more money.

but that is because I’m me.. not because of a politician

and we did just change our insurance to ACA due to a job change by the wife. So we are saving money on healthcare as well.

Well my career success has been directly attributable to Biden

[Ehrmantraut]

Originally Posted by ecko_complex24

Well if I’m going through hard times due to external pressures on the economy, you best believe I would be better off having the ability to get on some kind of assistance. I say this as someone who was fortunate enough to only be unemployed once for about 4 months. The recipient is the one going through hard times, so it’s good that it helps them out, that is the logic of assistance. It also helps auxiliary businesses who would suffer if that recipient had no way to purchase their products.

If you need assistance, take it! That's what it's for. It sounds like you didn't abuse it and it helped you, so that's great. I'm all for that. It reminds me of my buddy who was on food stamps in college, he's successful now. That's how it's supposed to work but it is grossly and crazily abused. That's the stuff I don't like.

Originally Posted by ecko_complex24

I’m aware that Knoxville has been booming. You didn’t get that drift from my post. Conservatives happy that the red states are seeing growth and that blue states are going through a so called exodus, but upset that growth has other market forces namely rise in housing costs. Nope, just blame the president that housing costs are going up in your area of the country.

From what I hear, most transplants keep their mouths shut and just enjoy in Knoxville. I don't hear about a lot of California BS there, even in the really expensive parts. Knoxville is pretty diverse politically, though it's a safe red overall and always will be.

If I owned a home there I'd be ecstatic. But the secret got out and it's expensive there now. I know someone who bought a house for $215,000 in 2017 and just got it appraised at over $450,000 a couple weeks ago.