Tag Archives: economy

What the housing bubble looked like up close and personal

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Andrew

I thought it would be interesting to look at the sale prices of condos in the condo complex where we rent in Downey, CA. The graph speaks for itself. Prices in Southern California were completely out of touch with reality. … Continue reading →

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Montana just gave the Federal Government the middle finger

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Andrew

I shared a couple posts about this in Google Reader, but I thought it warranted a full post because this is big. Montana just signed into law the Montana Firearms Freedom Act which has the following summary: AN ACT EXEMPTING … Continue reading →

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$200 million for Filipino WWII veterans in stimulus bill?

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Andrew

The full Stimulus bill got posted up tonight, about 10 hours before it goes to the floor of the House. I started skimming through the massive document to see for myself what we’re going to spend hundreds of billions of … Continue reading →

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Quotes from Obama talking to Democrats about stimulus package

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Andrew

Obama rallies Democrats with tough partisan speech “We can’t embrace the losing formula that says only tax cuts will work for every problem we face; that ignores critical challenges like our addiction to foreign oil, or the soaring cost of … Continue reading →

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Did things get as bad as I thought?

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Andrew

Back in August of 2007 I wrote this post, Someone forgot to refill the Real Estate ATM, and predicted that we would see a continued drop in prices, foreclosures would go up and so on. What I didn’t see coming … Continue reading →

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