The government is borrowing money to throw at all kinds of freebies and “services”, but landlords are getting hosed, at least in Oregon, because they can’t evict people who don’t pay, but the landlords still have to maintain the properties and pay for them. A friend of ours had a renter who refused to pay for more than a year, and he couldn’t get the guy out. The property was for sale last summer, and he had a buyer, so he offered to forgive the year’s rent and pay the tenant $5000 to get out, but the guys still refused to leave. Fortunately (sort of), the house burned in the McKenzie River fire at the end of last summer. That got the deadbeat out, and the insurance covered the house.
The west coast has become insane with gubmint spending. Here’s a story that will blow your mind: Ten years ago my mom moved in with us. She was in her mid-80s and she needed some help. We hired a part time caregiver to help us. The caregiver was earning over $36,000 per year between us and her other work. Her “partner” was earning another $40,000, which she didn’t report (because they aren’t married). She still qualified for the Oregon Health Plan which paid for her extremely expensive fertility treatments. I’m not kidding. Those treatments were necessary because, at only 5’5”, the caregiver weighed over 400 pounds. Apparently, that level of obesity can mess with body chemistry... Of course, when she finally got pregnant, it was a high risk pregnancy, for obvious reasons, so she got free weekly ultrasound and medical evaluations until her high risk C-section which was followed by extensive aftercare for her and her child. (My sister paid almost $30,000 for fertility treatments more than twenty-five years ago. I suspect the Oregon taxpayers paid between $100,000 and $200,000 to get this woman pregnant, delivered, and set up with well baby visits.)
Inflation and higher taxes are coming, as there are fewer and fewer of us pulling the plow to provide for those collecting the freebies.
The west coast has become insane with gubmint spending. Here’s a story that will blow your mind: Ten years ago my mom moved in with us. She was in her mid-80s and she needed some help. We hired a part time caregiver to help us. The caregiver was earning over $36,000 per year between us and her other work. Her “partner” was earning another $40,000, which she didn’t report (because they aren’t married). She still qualified for the Oregon Health Plan which paid for her extremely expensive fertility treatments. I’m not kidding. Those treatments were necessary because, at only 5’5”, the caregiver weighed over 400 pounds. Apparently, that level of obesity can mess with body chemistry... Of course, when she finally got pregnant, it was a high risk pregnancy, for obvious reasons, so she got free weekly ultrasound and medical evaluations until her high risk C-section which was followed by extensive aftercare for her and her child. (My sister paid almost $30,000 for fertility treatments more than twenty-five years ago. I suspect the Oregon taxpayers paid between $100,000 and $200,000 to get this woman pregnant, delivered, and set up with well baby visits.)
Inflation and higher taxes are coming, as there are fewer and fewer of us pulling the plow to provide for those collecting the freebies.
