>From the "housing perspective" (I am a broker) you would never believe the >amount of daily calls I get. Folks unable to qualify for mortgage loans, >others losing their homes, etc. despite what you might read, this is a 5 to >10 year fix, if ever. Simply stated, those big basements aren't available and therefore less room for the bigger scales, including S. How 'bout that, I didn't get political, although I have very strong opinions in that regard. Hopefully, next Tuesday will see the beginning of a better business climate for all of our businesses.
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 29, 2012, at 2:24 PM, "empirebuilderjjhill" <[email protected]> wrote: > Avoiding the use of names, one candidate plans to raise taxes nearly 20% by > allowing the so-called "Bush tax cuts" to expire. If, like me, you don't make > enough money to be affected directly by these cuts, you're boss(es) and > client(s) will be affected, which means that you WILL BE AFFECTED with less > raises, and less contracts. > > If you're an `S'-scale modeler, that means a smaller house (or none at all) > and therefore a smaller layout, and less money for trains. > > Furthermore, this unnamed candidate has presided over a longer period of 8% > plus unemployment then all other Presidents since WWII (a situation that > could easily have been rectified by merely sitting back and NOT BLOCKING > PRIVATE SECTOR PROJECTS, like the Keystone pipeline). Any S-scalers caught in > this wave of unemployment would be less able to participate in our hobby. > > On the other hand, the other candidate has the private sector experience to > grow the economy and provide those S-scalers who wish to work (as well as > everyone else who wishes to work), with the opportunities to do so and earn > the money necessary to engage in their hobbies (and basic needs of life). > > --- In [email protected], "Ed" <Loizeaux@...> wrote: > > > > > My wife and I will be voting. > > > Tom > > > > > VOTE! > > > > Which candiate will do more for S scale? I have not heard this discussed > > in any of the debates. Thoughts? ......Ed L. > > > >
