Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : KURT WEISKE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Apr 18 2025 09:59:00

> I've seen some of the meme's asking things like "how does so-and-so
> legislator afford a $10 million mansion on their salary??!??"

> Do a little digging, and because of no term limits, these people are in
> their 70s. They bought their houses in the 1970s for the price of a used
> car and appreciation took care of the rest.

This is a valid point.  The house I am in now sold the first time in ~1968 for
$16,000.  It cost me a lot more to buy it in 2009.... not millions by any
stretch, but at least 10x more.

$16k is slightly more than "used-car," at least last I checked, but it is
not much of an exaggeration.


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