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"al Guacamole" <aet@lava.net> wrote in message
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> On Apr 21, 1:10 pm, "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj...@hawaii.> wrote:
>> "al Guacamole" <a...@lava.net> wrote in message
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>> news:1208798100-sch@news.lava.net...
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>>> On Apr 19, 6:30 pm, "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj...@hawaii.>
>>> wrote:
>>>> "al Guacamole" <a...@lava.net> wrote in message
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>>>>> Jerry... You've yet to acknowledge that people buy homes because
>>>>> they
>>>>> want to buy them and not as an investment. That's all I've been
>>>>> writing about. Either you're very dense, or you just don't want to
>>>>> admit this fact. I choose the latter motive.
>>
>>>> Then you haven't been reading what I have said about the matter.
>>>> People buy
>>>> homes for two reasons. One of course is to own that home, so they
>>>> can live
>>>> in that home. And other people buy homes because they want to make
>>>> money.
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>>> No you haven't mentioned that there are those who only by for one
>>> reason-- and that is to own a home. In fact, in all our postings you
>>> claim that homeowner (as an investor) deserves no bailout. We're not
>>> talking about investors here. You've been purposely avoiding the
>>> subject of this discussion.
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>> What can't you understand about the statement "One of course is to
>> own that
>> home, so they
>> can live in that home....."? And yes, someone who makes a bad
>> decision
>> should not be rewarded for their bad decision. It sends the wrong
>> message
>> to everyone else, that you too may make bad decisions and someone will
>> "bail" you out as well. When we make bad decisons we should pay
>> the price
>> for that bad decision. It applies to individuals and it applies to
>> companies....I am also not in favor of bailing out busiensses that
>> get into
>> trouble because their President makes bad decisions, that resulted
>> in the
>> company being in that kind of trouble. Does that make my position
>> a little
>> clearer?
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> [Just discovered this on Google after I had posted another. Now it
> looks like my ISP is older than Google. When it was just the opposite]
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> You overlook your own statement's wording. What you should state if
> that is what you want to say is that some people only want to buy for
> the dream of the home. It would also help if you recognize that the
> dream is not like any other purchase decision or a business decision.
> Because that's what probably makes you think that their second reason
> is to invest their money. You probably still don't get it.
>
What don't I get? Why do people spend money to buy a home?