“Owning a home is a right, not a privilege. Our access and our ability and our guarantee to having a home comes before someone else’s privilege to earn a profit.” – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
In our fast-paced society full of instant gratification, we tend to take so many of our blessings for granted. Waking up in the morning in a free nation and enjoying the liberties bestowed upon us may not seem like one, but those living in rogue nations would trade places with us any day of the week. Many people around the globe are fortunate if they even wake up in a bed. Then it is facing life’s challenges each day that is difficult. Therefore, what matters most is where that bed is located.
Many of us wake up in the morning full of hope for a better and brighter day. As we leave home to face the world and its opportunities, there is assurance in our minds no matter how bad of a day we have, as we return to the sanctity of our home, we’ll feel blessed we toiled in the trenches for so many years to fulfill that coveted “privilege” to buy our very own piece of America. It’s part of the American dream to own our private personal sanctuary – our home.
All human beings long for a place to call home. Many work hard and save for that privilege while others feel it is a right and someone should give them a home. In this “give me” day and age, this warped logic has morphed into a Horatio Alger fantasy that progressives feel they have a duty to fulfill.
“It doesn’t matter how much money you have. Everyone has a right to own a home.” – Jimmy Carter
We saw egregious home prices under President Barack Obama since progressive Janet Yellen kept interest rates at zero to finance his anemic recovery. The Federal Reserve didn’t raise rates until Donald Trump took office. Under Biden-Harris, they kept the rates low with record high inflation to facilitate Biden’s spending. Chairman Jerome Powell finally raised rates to stop inflation, which had destroyed the home market.
California has put homes out of reach for even those with two family incomes. Although prices have always been high, they are higher than Jack’s beanstalk in today’s market due the historically high Biden-Harris inflation. Harris has avoided answering questions about this since voters are unhappy with these prices and record high interest rates caused by her and Joe Biden.
Without admitting this happened under her watch, she said she’d give first time buyers a $25,000 taxpayer gift to help them buy a home. This will buy her some votes, but in the real world, builders aren’t building cheap homes and people still have to qualify for these high interest rate home loans.
“We must stop corporate greed in the housing market in order to lower prices.” – Kamala Harris
When Harris was nominated by default to take over for Biden, who was forced to retire by the Democratic National Committee, progressive Ca. Gov. Gavin Newsom saw an opportunity he could not resist. In a move that even shocked left coast Democrats, Newsom proposed the California Dream for All Act. This will give low or no interest loans to illegal aliens to buy homes on the former Gold Coast.
Harris has already begun laying the groundwork for a “path to citizenship.” And Harris and Newsom are aware those who receive these home loans plus Harris’ gift of $25,000 will also become citizens and vote Democrat once Harris gives them amnesty. They have essentially gained a huge new voting block through the back door. California has the largest population of illegal aliens in the U.S. Democratic Assembly member Eloise Gómez Reyes said of Harris’ plan: “It isn’t given out willy nilly to just anybody.” Fresno Democrat Joaquin Arambula says “applicants must have a taxpayer ID or Social Security card to get a loan.” But anyone who has lived in California knows this is “lip service.”
The loan program gives illegal aliens a great deal more incentives and tax breaks than it does to citizens. It provides 20% of the down payment, up to $150,000. The only interest the buyer pays is 15% or 20% of the home’s increase in value when it is sold, depending on the buyer’s income. The program will be funded by revenue obtained from CHFA, the California Housing Finance Agency.
Since existing federal laws prevent illegal aliens from collecting state benefits without a state law that specifically gives illegals access to certain benefits, California needed to pass this bill in order to give illegal aliens home loans with more lenient terms and requirements than their own citizens.
“We’re just leveling the playing field for illegal immigrants who want to buy homes.” – Gavin Newsom
The New York Times wrote, Democrats are “walking a delicate line” between doing what they want; open borders, a large influx of illegal aliens and catering to illegal aliens which is not what voters want: a secure and safe border and a more responsible legal immigration system: one that works.
When Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, she tried to strike a delicate balance on immigration, promising to enforce the laws at the nation’s southern border as she did as a California prosecutor. But she was never involved in border enforcement. Considering she didn’t do anything to improve border security while in charge of it for three years, she can only fool the ignorant.
Democrats have been trying to sell this kind of equilibrium about immigration to America for three plus years. They claim to want a system that treats people humanely, and one that upholds the law that rebukes the fear-mongering after Biden and Harris allowed the biggest influx of illegal entries in U.S. history. “I don’t give a damn! Those seeking asylum here will not be denied.” – Joe Biden
The left knows elections have consequences. The immigration message from the Democrats has changed dramatically since the Biden-Harris border crisis. Now it is a politically vulnerable issue for Harris and Democrats in November, since the southern border is a major concern for voters. With Republicans promising to secure the southern border, Democrats are singing a totally new tune.
The most common refrain from Harris and the Democrats is blaming Donald Trump for restricting the number of immigrant crossings at the southern border when he was in office. They claim this is what caused the massive influx of undesirable aliens who flocked to our border for three years.
While the Democrats are flush with cash from big business and unions, and they have a liberal media that’s bent over backwards to hide Harris’ radical past, it will be a tough sell to convince voters that they didn’t “open the border gates” to bring in aliens who’ll vote Democrat.
Newsom might have also shot himself in the foot since many California Democrats have had enough of his patronizing illegal aliens. Those leaving California claim one salient reason why they are moving is too many of their tax dollars are spent on illegal immigrants and the homeless at the expense of services for them. This should be a wake-up call for Newsom and Harris. “The Democrat Party has a simple choice to make. They can either choose to fight for America’s working class or to promote illegal immigration. You can’t do both.” – Stephen Miller
