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AMERICAblog: Housing starts fall to lowest levels since 1959

  • Butch1 · 1 year ago
    I can think of a few other names to call Phil Gramm.
  • lucky hussein · 1 year ago
    unrepentant is right:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/business/econ...

    if GM has a market cap of 1.7 billion, how much controlling interest can the us gov't buy at $10 share if it's $3 now? If they can buy majority, I say do it, and give it as a loan to the employees - let them run the co.

    Nikkei down 6.5%. Dow: 'black thursday' comin - you heard it here first ;)
  • anarchy · 1 year ago
    I'd say arrogant buffoon.

    I'm also 100% with Butch1 in regards to that creep!
  • Indigo · 1 year ago
    I grduated from high school in 1959. I had no idea at the time that there was a housing crisis going on. I was focused on joining Mattachine. But wait! There's more . . . I was one of the 10% who went on to college. College and university weren't for everybody in those days. Styles have changed, technology has changed, but the most amazing change is the way college and university have changed from liberal arts institutions into job training centers.
  • Alabama Blue Dot · 1 year ago
    Although it is difficult for those in the housing industry, I still think a slowdown in housing starts can be a good thing. The untrammeled urban sprawl of the last few years was fueled by new-house speculation. A slowdown will give us some breathing room and that is not necessarily a bad thing.