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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:36 AM Original message |
Didn't the housing bubble generate revenue for state and federal governments? |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. True |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I am developing a theory |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yes, and there is a huge revenue problem going on in a lot of states.. |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I have some friends from West Palm Beach, FL and their property taxes were CRAZY! |
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gopbuster (715 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Lehman dumped 842 milion of toxic debt on the state of Florida... |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. What a cluster fuck. n/t |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-02-08 06:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Worse, they bought the package with employee pension funds, and it |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
3. Local governments especially. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And many homeowners are now having their homes re-accessed. |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. That's going to hurt. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That's what I'm expecting. Schools, fire, police, city services... |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Oh, hey look. There they go. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. And local and state governments were, shall we say, |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
12. the housing bubble was the ONLY thing driving the ecoonmy |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Good point. |
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