2024 Presidential Election Thread

[Bo Diddley]

I’m not sure how much there is to elaborate on. He wants to build a bunch of new starter homes, which would be more affordable and I agree with that strategy. I was in Utah two weekends ago and this got some play in the news, or at least in discussions with family and friends.

Im no expert but it sounds like the issue is that building small homes isn’t as profitable as large McMansions and/or apartment buildings. So most home builders won’t target small, single family houses. The government should incentivize home builders to build affordable small homes or they may never get built.

I think he meant this:

(the guy is a very smart politician)

[Copelius]

This would be great news. While not likely for VP, the one positive of a Trump presidency is that he could get Mike Lee out of the senate and we could get a non-wanker into that seat. Not enough to vote for Trump but you gotta look at the bright side of every situation. I watched RFKjr's video and there was some resonance.

[Maximus]

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Uhhh....

[frank ryan]

This would be great news. While not likely for VP, the one positive of a Trump presidency is that he could get Mike Lee out of the senate and we could get a non-wanker into that seat. Not enough to vote for Trump but you gotta look at the bright side of every situation. I watched RFKjr's video and there was some resonance.

I don't get RFK' Jr's appeal. He is just out there with vaccine skepticism shit. Hell, he asserted Covid was engineered to be less harmful to Jews and Chinese people.

[Uncle Ted]

I don't get RFK' Jr's appeal. He is just out there with vaccine skepticism shit. Hell, he asserted Covid was engineered to be less harmful to Jews and Chinese people.

I believe he denied all of that...

“I have never, ever suggested that the Covid-19 virus was targeted to spare Jews,” Kennedy wrote.

Instead, Kennedy claimed, he had meant to express his belief that the United States and other governments were developing “ethnically targeted bioweapons,” broadly citing a 2021 study on genetic susceptibility to Covid-19 as “proof of concept” that such bioweapons could be created.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/0...geted-00106478

Just proof of concept sh*t from the CIA,... You know, the agency that killed his uncle.

[SteelBlue]

I believe he denied all of that...


https://www.politico.com/news/2023/0...geted-00106478

Just proof of concept sh*t from the CIA,... You know, the agency that killed his uncle.

These people say it on tape and then claim they never said it.

“COVID-19. There is an argument that it is ethnically targeted. COVID-19 attacks certain races disproportionately,” Kennedy said. “COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”

“We don’t know whether it was deliberately targeted or not but there are papers out there that show the racial or ethnic differential and impact,” Kennedy hedged.

I'll even link a right wing rag: 0:23 and then 1:00 mark. Dude just talking out of his ass the whole clip.
RFK Jr. says COVID was 'ethnically targeted' to spare Jews (nypost.com)

[Jeff Lebowski]

RFK Jr. is a total lunatic.

[Northwestcoug]

OK, I read the article. You guys would get along great with Bernie and Liz Warren. Down with capitalism!

You can't get rid of legit business deductions. Come on.

Get rid of capital gains (treat as regular income)? OK, Bernie.

The one thing I think we can/should change is depreciation. Makes sense for many assets, but not an appreciating piece of property. Use property tax valuations or something.

But the context of this discussion is rising housing costs. One of the ways to to combat that is create more affordable housing: more apartments, townhomes, condos, high density housing, etc. If you get rid of the things listed in that article, you destroy that very industry. Crazy talk.

Bend is bordered by state land. During the last crazy influx of Californians, Bend applied to Oregon to increase its urban growth boundary, twice. And failed, twice. The reason was not nearly enough multi-family dwellings. So these last few years apartment and townhome construction has been non-stop. It's decreasing my home value , but it is absolutely needed.

[frank ryan]

I believe he denied all of that...


https://www.politico.com/news/2023/0...geted-00106478

Just proof of concept sh*t from the CIA,... You know, the agency that killed his uncle.

You sound like Alex Jones.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Bend is bordered by state land. During the last crazy influx of Californians, Bend applied to Oregon to increase its urban growth boundary, twice. And failed, twice. The reason was not nearly enough multi-family dwellings. So these last few years apartment and townhome construction has been non-stop. It's decreasing my home value , but it is absolutely needed.

I can't believe how many new apartment complexes they have built in Provo-Orem in the last 5 years or so and they all fill right up.

[BigPiney]

Bend is bordered by state land. During the last crazy influx of Californians, Bend applied to Oregon to increase its urban growth boundary, twice. And failed, twice. The reason was not nearly enough multi-family dwellings. So these last few years apartment and townhome construction has been non-stop. It's decreasing my home value , but it is absolutely needed.

Oregon's land use planning is super interesting. Studied it in grad school.

[Uncle Ted]

I can't believe how many new apartment complexes they have built in Provo-Orem in the last 5 years or so and they all fill right up.

Yeah, all those UVU students that didn’t get into BYU want to hang out with the BYU students. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are UofU students in there too and commuting to SLC for school. They all wish they were attending BYU.

[Uncle Ted]

You sound like Alex Jones.

I don’t listen to the guy but it sounds like you do.

[Uncle Ted]

RFK Jr. is a total lunatic.

Oh, so folks should vote for Trump instead?

[Uncle Ted]

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Uhhh....

Isn’t a porn star’s career based on lying?