If You Were Elected POTUS...

[Outcast9428]

@MrMan

Like I said, the loans program has already been put in place in Hungary and it was an incredible success. The marriage rate has doubled, the divorce rate cut in half, and several Hungarians I talked to directly cited the marriage loans program as being part of what destroyed hookup culture in Hungary because long term relationships are valued so much more now then they were before. All of this happened within years. Every person I have talked to about this program in real life, including some people who strike me as liberal, sounded excited about it. This is actually something really substantial that the Republican party could offer as part of their platform that could get people excited to vote for them rather then just voting for them out of fear of what the perverted, crazy Democrats will do if the Republicans are not in charge. I don't see how anybody who claims to cherish traditional values and lifestyles can be opposed to this. I mean, yes, it might not be completely fair to older people but isn't the goal, for older people, to leave behind a legacy? To create a better society for their children to grow up in then the one they left behind? You may not personally benefit from it anymore, but your children will, and if your children are already married, your grandchildren certainly would.

I don't want to put down a 5% down payment because my monthly mortgage rate will be too high. I'm trying to see if I can get a house without having a monthly mortgage that is much higher then about $1,500 a month. If I can make $50,000-$55,000 a year, basically about $3,000 a month in take home pay. A $1,500 a month mortgage should be something I can handle. Coming up with a sufficient down payment will take a long time though. I have a good amount saved but even an entire year of working and saving every penny I make wouldn't be enough at my current stage to make the down payment. I've been in the workforce already for two years now and compared to most people my age, I'm doing really well, but even for me it is hard.

DeSantis seems okay, but Florida is such a shithole I wouldn't ever bother with the place. Florida is anti-woke because the people there can't follow any rules whether a good person is making them or an evil person. If DeSantis actually tried to make Florida a truly conservative state instead of just being anti-woke, he'd be voted out of office tomorrow. That's why he won't touch abortion or adultery. Florida's amusement parks literally put on BDSM themed shows with children in the audience with no warning whatsoever. Asking the people of Florida to follow the woke rules regarding COVID procedures or "respecting people's pronouns" is like asking the citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah to follow any rules. They're not going to do it, not because they are conservative but because they don't like anyone telling them what to do.

Virginia is far far far more sane then Florida is. I've dated a girl in Florida and now I'm dating a girl here in Virginia. Florida is an absolute f***ing nightmare to have a relationship in. That is, unless you have a cuckoldry fetish and enjoy having random guys walk up to your girlfriend, trying to grope her and feel her up in-front of your face. Or if you like having random dudes pull up beside her asking her to get in the car with them and go home. Or if you enjoy having random strangers talk shit about you in public. Or if you enjoy having all the guys looking at your girlfriend with hunger in their eyes, like a predator trying to catch his prey. Or if you enjoy hearing about how your girlfriend's manager sexually assaulted her at work and how all the guys there apparently brag about cheating on their girlfriends as well as send pictures of their penises to all their female co-workers. In Virginia on the other hand, all I see are smiles and warmth. My ex girlfriend was never groped or had random dudes saying crude/lewd shit to her while she was in Virginia, and my girlfriend now hasn't been groped or sexually harassed at all either.

Those statues are a symbol of our culture and our heritage. The BLM thugs are tearing them down because they hate our culture and want to destroy it. Its not valuable because its a material object, it is valuable because of what it represents.

The South fought the war because the United States was never meant to be a mandatory concept. We are supposed to be a collection of mini-countries forming a union that we participate in out of our own free will. The original agreement under the constitution was that states could leave at any time they feel the union isn't benefitting them anymore. The South felt that the North was economically exploiting them. Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson did not fight to preserve slavery. Virginia wasn't even planning to join the confederacy until Lincoln told us that we needed to send our troops to attack South Carolina. Both Stonewall Jackson and Robert E Lee personally opposed slavery, they explicitly said they were not fighting to defend slavery but rather fought because they were Virginians and they were defending their state from people they considered to be invaders. Everyone who knew them at the time had great respect for those men and considered them to be very good men. To have these leftists slandering them and tearing down their statues is an absolute disgrace to their memory.

[MrMan]

@MrMan

Like I said, the loans program has already been put in place in Hungary and it was an incredible success. The marriage rate has doubled, the divorce rate cut in half, and several Hungarians I talked to directly cited the marriage loans program as being part of what destroyed hookup culture in Hungary because long term relationships are valued so much more now then they were before. All of this happened within years. Every person I have talked to about this program in real life, including some people who strike me as liberal, sounded excited about it. This is actually something really substantial that the Republican party could offer as part of their platform that could get people excited to vote for them rather then just voting for them out of fear of what the perverted, crazy Democrats will do if the Republicans are not in charge. I don't see how anybody who claims to cherish traditional values and lifestyles can be opposed to this. I mean, yes, it might not be completely fair to older people but isn't the goal, for older people, to leave behind a legacy? To create a better society for their children to grow up in then the one they left behind? You may not personally benefit from it anymore, but your children will, and if your children are already married, your grandchildren certainly would.

Republicans tend to be in favor of small government. At least in my lifetime, Reagan was probably the most respected Republican president who set the tone for conservative philosophy. And he was in favor of balanced budgets instead of borrowing to finance the government, shall government, etc. A lot of conservatives prefer a 'hands off' view of government, and they don't want the government taxing and borrowing to finance huge programs.

I am curious, though. Was the loan program combined with 'propaganda' from the government in favor of strong marriages, children, etc? Did churches start emphasizing this also? I suspect there is more to it than financial incentives.

I don't want to put down a 5% down payment because my monthly mortgage rate will be too high. I'm trying to see if I can get a house without having a monthly mortgage that is much higher then about $1,500 a month. If I can make $50,000-$55,000 a year, basically about $3,000 a month in take home pay. A $1,500 a month mortgage should be something I can handle. Coming up with a sufficient down payment will take a long time though. I have a good amount saved but even an entire year of working and saving every penny I make wouldn't be enough at my current stage to make the down payment. I've been in the workforce already for two years now and compared to most people my age, I'm doing really well, but even for me it is hard.

This might be useful for you. https://m.mortgagecalculator.org/

After working overseas as an English teacher, bouncing around the world, and living in apartments while experiencing grad-student induce poverty, then working overseas again, I finally bought a house in my late 40's. Where I wanted to live, it is so hard to find a place to rent, and I have kids. I was renting and I realized that at the end of my lease, they could just kick us out, and you have to stand in line and hope they accept you if you rent. At the time, there were a line of people trying to buy a house. (There is a shortage of houses in this market.) My wife also believed God was telling her we should buy a house, also. The government was giving out free money with no work behind it, which I could use as a down payment. Money with no production behind it generally means inflation is on the way. I locked in a low interest rate of below 3% which makes a huge difference.

They raise interest rates if inflation is high. I don't think the fiat currency system will work well if they don't. But if they raise interest rates or if inflation is going up, home owners who rent properties need to make a little on the property (maybe 6% or so) cover repairs, and cover a mortgage. So if interest rates go up, rent tends to go up. But rents are tied to property values to, so that assumes property values or other factors aren't pulling rent prices down. Generally, though, real estate tends to go up in the long term.

If you buy a place that is as big as what you would want to rent anyway, assuming you have a stable job near where your house is, you might save 5 or 6% over renting in the short-term. Prices can go up and you are stuck with a historical price every month of 10 years ago. If interest rates decrease, you could refinance. But closing costs are expensive, too, so that is another factor.

A friend of mine who tracks this said that this year, the stock of houses was supposed to reach the same level it reached right before the housing bubble burst. We have about 25 million more people in the US, now, though. Probably a lot of them are Hispanic immigrants. Much of the population is returning. So I am not sure how those factors will affect real estate prices, but we could see them going down for a while. Interest rates could continue to rise if inflation rises also. You might consider waiting for prices to drop some more or decide to jump on an opportunity because you have to pay rent anyway. You should also consider how likely you are to become unemployed, move, whether you are okay with renting out a house out if you move, etc. If you own a house and rent it out, the rental may cancel out your debt if you consider buying another home as far as lenders are concern since the rental income counts as income.

[Outcast9428]

@MrMan

Like I said, the loans program has already been put in place in Hungary and it was an incredible success. The marriage rate has doubled, the divorce rate cut in half, and several Hungarians I talked to directly cited the marriage loans program as being part of what destroyed hookup culture in Hungary because long term relationships are valued so much more now then they were before. All of this happened within years. Every person I have talked to about this program in real life, including some people who strike me as liberal, sounded excited about it. This is actually something really substantial that the Republican party could offer as part of their platform that could get people excited to vote for them rather then just voting for them out of fear of what the perverted, crazy Democrats will do if the Republicans are not in charge. I don't see how anybody who claims to cherish traditional values and lifestyles can be opposed to this. I mean, yes, it might not be completely fair to older people but isn't the goal, for older people, to leave behind a legacy? To create a better society for their children to grow up in then the one they left behind? You may not personally benefit from it anymore, but your children will, and if your children are already married, your grandchildren certainly would.

Republicans tend to be in favor of small government. At least in my lifetime, Reagan was probably the most respected Republican president who set the tone for conservative philosophy. And he was in favor of balanced budgets instead of borrowing to finance the government, shall government, etc. A lot of conservatives prefer a 'hands off' view of government, and they don't want the government taxing and borrowing to finance huge programs.

I am curious, though. Was the loan program combined with 'propaganda' from the government in favor of strong marriages, children, etc? Did churches start emphasizing this also? I suspect there is more to it than financial incentives.

I don't want to put down a 5% down payment because my monthly mortgage rate will be too high. I'm trying to see if I can get a house without having a monthly mortgage that is much higher then about $1,500 a month. If I can make $50,000-$55,000 a year, basically about $3,000 a month in take home pay. A $1,500 a month mortgage should be something I can handle. Coming up with a sufficient down payment will take a long time though. I have a good amount saved but even an entire year of working and saving every penny I make wouldn't be enough at my current stage to make the down payment. I've been in the workforce already for two years now and compared to most people my age, I'm doing really well, but even for me it is hard.

This might be useful for you. https://m.mortgagecalculator.org/

After working overseas as an English teacher, bouncing around the world, and living in apartments while experiencing grad-student induce poverty, then working overseas again, I finally bought a house in my late 40's. Where I wanted to live, it is so hard to find a place to rent, and I have kids. I was renting and I realized that at the end of my lease, they could just kick us out, and you have to stand in line and hope they accept you if you rent. At the time, there were a line of people trying to buy a house. (There is a shortage of houses in this market.) My wife also believed God was telling her we should buy a house, also. The government was giving out free money with no work behind it, which I could use as a down payment. Money with no production behind it generally means inflation is on the way. I locked in a low interest rate of below 3% which makes a huge difference.

They raise interest rates if inflation is high. I don't think the fiat currency system will work well if they don't. But if they raise interest rates or if inflation is going up, home owners who rent properties need to make a little on the property (maybe 6% or so) cover repairs, and cover a mortgage. So if interest rates go up, rent tends to go up. But rents are tied to property values to, so that assumes property values or other factors aren't pulling rent prices down. Generally, though, real estate tends to go up in the long term.

If you buy a place that is as big as what you would want to rent anyway, assuming you have a stable job near where your house is, you might save 5 or 6% over renting in the short-term. Prices can go up and you are stuck with a historical price every month of 10 years ago. If interest rates decrease, you could refinance. But closing costs are expensive, too, so that is another factor.

A friend of mine who tracks this said that this year, the stock of houses was supposed to reach the same level it reached right before the housing bubble burst. We have about 25 million more people in the US, now, though. Probably a lot of them are Hispanic immigrants. Much of the population is returning. So I am not sure how those factors will affect real estate prices, but we could see them going down for a while. Interest rates could continue to rise if inflation rises also. You might consider waiting for prices to drop some more or decide to jump on an opportunity because you have to pay rent anyway. You should also consider how likely you are to become unemployed, move, whether you are okay with renting out a house out if you move, etc. If you own a house and rent it out, the rental may cancel out your debt if you consider buying another home as far as lenders are concern since the rental income counts as income.

The Reagan era small government approach to conservatism has been a complete disaster... Libertarians have used that philosophy in order to introduce the idea that, as conservatives, its part of being right-wing to sit around doing nothing except lower taxes while degeneracy and liberal values took over our country. Vladimir Lenin said the best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves. What better way to sabotage and cripple your opposition then to tell them that the fundamental principle of their ideology, is to do nothing? That the fundamental principle of our ideology is to not make any laws, to not use propaganda to our benefit, to not create policies that benefit our people. That actually doing stuff and creating good social policies is "for the leftists who want big government." If Reagan was such a great president then why did the country become more liberal while he was in office? America was not a more conservative place in 1990 then it was in 1980... Therefore, his presidency was a failure.

Viktor Orban is the complete opposite, Hungary is a much, much more conservative country now then it was in 2010. The reason why is because Viktor Orban doesn't believe in this small government bullshit. He takes action, he said "we're going to purge the courts of liberals, we are going to purge the media of liberals and control all the propaganda outlets ourselves, we are going to put up signs and billboards that promote conservative messages, we are going to ban universities from teaching feminism or LGBT ideology, we are going to teach traditional morality in our schools, and we are going to create a program that eliminates all the obstacles people could have to getting married and starting families." Now if you're a young person in Hungary, you don't have to worry about getting the down payment for a house, as long as your job can cover the monthly mortgage, you can get married now. If you're a young person in Hungary, its completely feasible to get married, as a young man at the age of 22 or 23, own his own home with a wife and start planning for when he will want to have kids. How is a young man of 22 or 23 years old supposed to do that in America? A big reason why so many people get married so late in the West now (not just America) is because they don't even believe its possible to live as a married couple.

The Republican Party, thank God, is finally becoming more Orban-ish. With attacking Roe V. Wade, attacking affirmative action, banning critical race theory in our schools and emphasizing the need to get rid of these leftist teachers, even attempting to sabotage the entire university system. We need to adopt a more Machiavellian approach to politics and treat the cultural left as our enemies to be defeated through state power.

Most of the young conservatives I talk to have no interest in small government bullshit and do not see how sitting around doing nothing benefits the conservative/traditional cause. This way of thinking that we can't make any laws or policies or use propaganda to support our way of life because "we're all about small government!" is a relic of an era where we won superficial elections while continuously losing the culture war at large and needs to die out.

[MrMan]

@MrMan

Like I said, the loans program has already been put in place in Hungary and it was an incredible success. The marriage rate has doubled, the divorce rate cut in half, and several Hungarians I talked to directly cited the marriage loans program as being part of what destroyed hookup culture in Hungary because long term relationships are valued so much more now then they were before. All of this happened within years. Every person I have talked to about this program in real life, including some people who strike me as liberal, sounded excited about it. This is actually something really substantial that the Republican party could offer as part of their platform that could get people excited to vote for them rather then just voting for them out of fear of what the perverted, crazy Democrats will do if the Republicans are not in charge. I don't see how anybody who claims to cherish traditional values and lifestyles can be opposed to this. I mean, yes, it might not be completely fair to older people but isn't the goal, for older people, to leave behind a legacy? To create a better society for their children to grow up in then the one they left behind? You may not personally benefit from it anymore, but your children will, and if your children are already married, your grandchildren certainly would.

Republicans tend to be in favor of small government. At least in my lifetime, Reagan was probably the most respected Republican president who set the tone for conservative philosophy. And he was in favor of balanced budgets instead of borrowing to finance the government, shall government, etc. A lot of conservatives prefer a 'hands off' view of government, and they don't want the government taxing and borrowing to finance huge programs.

I am curious, though. Was the loan program combined with 'propaganda' from the government in favor of strong marriages, children, etc? Did churches start emphasizing this also? I suspect there is more to it than financial incentives.

I don't want to put down a 5% down payment because my monthly mortgage rate will be too high. I'm trying to see if I can get a house without having a monthly mortgage that is much higher then about $1,500 a month. If I can make $50,000-$55,000 a year, basically about $3,000 a month in take home pay. A $1,500 a month mortgage should be something I can handle. Coming up with a sufficient down payment will take a long time though. I have a good amount saved but even an entire year of working and saving every penny I make wouldn't be enough at my current stage to make the down payment. I've been in the workforce already for two years now and compared to most people my age, I'm doing really well, but even for me it is hard.

This might be useful for you. https://m.mortgagecalculator.org/

After working overseas as an English teacher, bouncing around the world, and living in apartments while experiencing grad-student induce poverty, then working overseas again, I finally bought a house in my late 40's. Where I wanted to live, it is so hard to find a place to rent, and I have kids. I was renting and I realized that at the end of my lease, they could just kick us out, and you have to stand in line and hope they accept you if you rent. At the time, there were a line of people trying to buy a house. (There is a shortage of houses in this market.) My wife also believed God was telling her we should buy a house, also. The government was giving out free money with no work behind it, which I could use as a down payment. Money with no production behind it generally means inflation is on the way. I locked in a low interest rate of below 3% which makes a huge difference.

They raise interest rates if inflation is high. I don't think the fiat currency system will work well if they don't. But if they raise interest rates or if inflation is going up, home owners who rent properties need to make a little on the property (maybe 6% or so) cover repairs, and cover a mortgage. So if interest rates go up, rent tends to go up. But rents are tied to property values to, so that assumes property values or other factors aren't pulling rent prices down. Generally, though, real estate tends to go up in the long term.

If you buy a place that is as big as what you would want to rent anyway, assuming you have a stable job near where your house is, you might save 5 or 6% over renting in the short-term. Prices can go up and you are stuck with a historical price every month of 10 years ago. If interest rates decrease, you could refinance. But closing costs are expensive, too, so that is another factor.

A friend of mine who tracks this said that this year, the stock of houses was supposed to reach the same level it reached right before the housing bubble burst. We have about 25 million more people in the US, now, though. Probably a lot of them are Hispanic immigrants. Much of the population is returning. So I am not sure how those factors will affect real estate prices, but we could see them going down for a while. Interest rates could continue to rise if inflation rises also. You might consider waiting for prices to drop some more or decide to jump on an opportunity because you have to pay rent anyway. You should also consider how likely you are to become unemployed, move, whether you are okay with renting out a house out if you move, etc. If you own a house and rent it out, the rental may cancel out your debt if you consider buying another home as far as lenders are concern since the rental income counts as income.

The Reagan era small government approach to conservatism has been a complete disaster... Libertarians have used that philosophy in order to introduce the idea that, as conservatives, its part of being right-wing to sit around doing nothing except lower taxes while degeneracy and liberal values took over our country. Vladimir Lenin said the best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves. What better way to sabotage and cripple your opposition then to tell them that the fundamental principle of their ideology, is to do nothing? That the fundamental principle of our ideology is to not make any laws, to not use propaganda to our benefit, to not create policies that benefit our people. That actually doing stuff and creating good social policies is "for the leftists who want big government." If Reagan was such a great president then why did the country become more liberal while he was in office? America was not a more conservative place in 1990 then it was in 1980... Therefore, his presidency was a failure.

Having jail sentences for fornication, adultery, same-sex sex acts, etc. might be considered 'conservative'. That is not 'doing nothing', if the legal system works. Some states in the US had those laws on the books in the 1980's when I was in high school and took a law class. They were selectively enforced back then, but the courts have nullified some of these laws.

Reagan was against having large financially-draining government programs.

Viktor Orban is the complete opposite, Hungary is a much, much more conservative country now then it was in 2010. The reason why is because Viktor Orban doesn't believe in this small government bullshit. He takes action, he said "we're going to purge the courts of liberals, we are going to purge the media of liberals and control all the propaganda outlets ourselves, we are going to put up signs and billboards that promote conservative messages, we are going to ban universities from teaching feminism or LGBT ideology, we are going to teach traditional morality in our schools, and we are going to create a program that eliminates all the obstacles people could have to getting married and starting families."

All that sounds good, except the idea of large government. I think we need Congressmen to take action by getting rid of old laws, stripping them from the books, and lowering the budget.

Orban was also dealing with a shrinking population. Much of Europe lacks a large enough younger generation. So does China. He doesn't want to import a bunch of Muslim immigrants, which could Islamify his country, so the financial program satisfies a social problem.

The US already imported a bunch of Latinos, or they 'invaded' as Trump put it. There may be some issues related to the culture change, but they aren't, generally, Muslims. And it has already happened. Is there a huge need to financially incentivize having babies?

We do need the government to get behind getting rid of this LGBT craze, encouraging kids to take hormone blockers, chop up their genitals, etc. The US might swing right. I hope we get some more radical conservatives as a backlash against the (additional) floodgates of evil that swung open after the SCOTUS decided gay marriage was really in the 14th amendment all along.




Now if you're a young person in Hungary, you don't have to worry about getting the down payment for a house, as long as your job can cover the monthly mortgage, you can get married now. If you're a young person in Hungary, its completely feasible to get married, as a young man at the age of 22 or 23, own his own home with a wife and start planning for when he will want to have kids. How is a young man of 22 or 23 years old supposed to do that in America? A big reason why so many people get married so late in the West now (not just America) is because they don't even believe its possible to live as a married couple.

The Republican Party, thank God, is finally becoming more Orban-ish. With attacking Roe V. Wade, attacking affirmative action, banning critical race theory in our schools and emphasizing the need to get rid of these leftist teachers, even attempting to sabotage the entire university system. We need to adopt a more Machiavellian approach to politics and treat the cultural left as our enemies to be defeated through state power.

Most of the young conservatives I talk to have no interest in small government bullshit and do not see how sitting around doing nothing benefits the conservative/traditional cause. This way of thinking that we can't make any laws or policies or use propaganda to support our way of life because "we're all about small government!" is a relic of an era where we won superficial elections while continuously losing the culture war at large and needs to die out.
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