I have reserved some of my harshest criticism of U.S. propaganda for the malicious lies from the U.S. government and media concerning the U.S. housing collapse.
The propaganda started with continued claims that the bursting of the housing “bubble” was a “surprise”. In fact, U.S. home prices tripled in roughly a decade – while the incomes of most Americans were falling steadily during that entire period. People with falling incomes lack the buying-power to sustain any significant increase in prices – let alone a tripling of prices in only a decade.
The “surprise” was not that the largest “bubble” in history had burst, the “surprise” was that U.S. banks, regulators and politicians had allowed this bubble to grow so large (through their criminal conspiracy).
Since that time, U.S. propagandists have proclaimed “bottoms” in this market at least a dozen times, despite the fact the housing collapse has been accelerating over this entire period. Today, the U.S. propaganda outlets are all reading from the same script, once again. “Home prices are moderating,” they claim.
What has inspired this latest optimism regarding the U.S. housing market? The respected Case-Schiller index showed that the year-over-year decline in the prices of U.S. homes changed from an all-time record of 19% (in January) to a near-record decline of 18.6% in February. It is safe to say that anyone who owns a home in the U.S. would agree that an 18.6% year-over-year plunge in prices does not indicate “moderation” in even the most tortured definition of that word.
Similarly, the propagandists have been “pumping” new home construction, and U.S. home-builders with the same outlandish lies. Every month since the housing collapse began, U.S. home-builders have built at least 50% more houses than they have sold. Not only have the propagandists called several “bottoms” for the home-builders, they have frequently asserted that the inventory of new homes has been falling...
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A Revealing Look at U.S. Housing Propaganda
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Sehen Sie sich eine aufschlussreiche US-Immobilienmarkt Propaganda
Ich habe einige meiner vorbehalten härteste Kritik an der US-Propaganda für die bösartigen Lügen aus der US-Regierung und der Medien über die US-Immobilienmarkt Zusammenbruch.
Die Propaganda mit weiterhin behauptet, dass das Platzen der Wohnung "Blase" war eine "Überraschung". In der Tat, den USA die Preise sich in etwa ein Jahrzehnt -, während die Einkommen der meisten Amerikaner waren, die kontinuierlich während der ganzen Zeit. Menschen mit Einkommen, die nicht über die Kauf-Power, um alle signifikanten Anstieg der Preise - geschweige denn eine Verdreifachung der Preise in nur einem Jahrzehnt...