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$450K. Do you want a gold star for your forehead, or a Hopalong Cassidy badge?

He had a successful career as a lawyer prior to entering the White House. In 2009, his income was $5.5 million. You are assuming there are no mortgages on the properties, and Michelle did not contribute. She worked as a lawyer too. I don't know what he believes, but people with wealth are better insulated from climate change, and neither of us knows how elevated both properties are. Waterfront covers a range of elevations.

It's you that doesn't want to answer the question. The topic is "Promises made, promises kept". You steadfastly refuse to acknowledge deporting illegal immigrant farm labor will result in higher costs of farm produce. Constant obfuscation. Trump can't have it both ways. He can't fulfil his promise of deporting immigrants without produce prices being raised as a result. So what do you want, immigrants deported or reduced prices? Most people seem to vote with their hip pockets.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd9qy4knd8wo

Obama was President for eight years. He got a base salary of $400,000 pa with an expense allowance of $50,000 pa. The taxpayer footed the bill for his family's living expenses in the White House, he traveled on Air Force One. Probably never had to put his hand in his pocket. Do the math.

IIRC your paranoia about leftists is on an Olympic podium.

So what do you do when someone moves in and makes your life a living hell with excessive noise? That's the downside of ownership, a renter can simply move out. As other posters have said, the OP has three options - offer more money, move out, or go to court. For several reasons, the third option is the leasrt attractive.

They won't even give their women the vote, what makes you think they would give money to people that used to be part of their flourishing slave trade?

It's another altar to worship at.

Go ahead, shoot your feet off in the name of ideology. It's not the first time it has happened.

I have explained to you if you get rid of the illegals, and pay award wages, the cost of all crops on the supermarket shelves will rise. What part of that don't you understand? If you want to insert red herrings by making moral judgments, fine. It doesn't change the fact deporting illegals, which make up 42% of farm workers, will have the opposite effect to the promise Trump made, which was to bring living costs down.

Prosperity comes from making more money than you spend. IIRC Mr. Micawber was the first to enunciate the concept. Every nation seems to be hooked on credit. Instant gratification with depreciating assets.The last time I was in debt was 50 years ago. The average American has a debt of $104,000. To me, they are a nation of deadbeats.

Perhaps Zardoz was not as far-fetched as everybody thought.

There are quite a few nations where populations are collapsing, Russia and China are prime examples. How do you stop breeding? Eliminate religions that encourage it.

Perhaps you should look at South Australia, 70% renewable energy now, projected to be 100% by 2030. Or the work done by CSIRO in making hydrogen a viable alternative to fossil fuels, using ammonia as the transport medium. The fossil fuel industry is fighting a rear-guard action, aided and abetted by a guy in the White House who knows as much about climate science as I know about string theory. You are one of the guys who vocally supported him, so it's a self-inflicted wound. But you still have the effrontery to ask for solutions, when you are part of the problem. Chutzpah.

I continue to marvel at the determination of some posters to bury their heads in the sand. There are areas in many countries which will only be inhabited by people who are rich enough to self-insure, the average person won't be able to afford property insurance, or it simply won't be on offer.

The ancient Greeks remind us Hubris is invariably followed by Nemesis. I am reminded of Rudyard Kipling's " The Man Who Would Be King", except the villagers in his novella are probably smarter than the MAGA crowd.

Evasion of the question, when you damn well know the answer.

Red Herring: A piece of information that is, or is intended to be, misleading or distracting. I often wonder why posters take a statistical sample of one or two people as representing an entire population, as proof of their assertions. Is it because they have no understanding or training in statistics, or are they being deliberately dense?

Attacking me as a racist is classic ad hominem, I have worked with Japanese, Thais, Indonesians, Malaysians, Arabs - you name it.. I have a Thai GF. I have done scut work myself, you try marking lambs in 40 C heat. I don't greedily desire anything, that's just your lying way of twisting the facts I post. Fact: In 2020 to 2022, 32% of crop farm workers were US born. 26% were either immigrants who had obtained citizenship, or were authorized immigrants. 42% had no authorization. You're on ignore now, as a dishonest SOS. Bye bye, and good riddance.

So when your fruit and vegetable prices go through the roof, what excuse will you pick then?

Criminals are criminals, what you are posting is a red herring. I am saying the people who pick your crops, clean your hotel rooms, and generally do the scut work Americans think is beneath them, are an asset to America. I can explain it to you, I can't understand it for you. The point I was making about egg prices vs. the DJT share price is Trump knows S#F#A about living costs, which is not a good starting point for someone claiming they will bring them down. What would a purported billionaire know about such mundane items as eggs, milk, or a loaf of bread?

This week's award for the furthest toss from the pram goes to.......

The first company vehicle I got, I was required to pass a defensive driving course. That has been a useful skill in Thailand. I just assume everyone else on the road is an idiot trying to kill me, and drive accordingly. Advice to the OP - take up golf. No cars or scooters there, except for the ground staff, who will bow to you, and wai. It's a walk of 7-8 km, with no uneven pavements to trip over.

There are plenty of drugs in Thailand which should be medically prescribed, and are available over the counter at most pharmacies. Tramadol is one of them. If abused, more and more Tramadol is required after time, to get the same desired effect. It can also create dependence, so that the effects of sudden withdrawal may be most unpleasant. Tread carefully. Here be dragons.