HOW ARE DEMOCRATS HANDLING AMERICA'S HOUSING AND HOMELESS CRISISES? - Maine Residents Furious over $13M Tax Bill for ‘Taj Mahal’ Where Migrants Get Two Years of Free Rent

BILLIONS HANDED OVER TO JOE BIDEN'S INVADERS TO GET MORE TO JUMP THE BORDER, JOBS AND VOTING BOOTHS.

Maine Residents Furious over $13M Tax Bill for ‘Taj Mahal’ Where Migrants Get Two Years of Free Rent

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WARNER TODD HUSTON

2 Mar 2024771

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Residents of Maine are expressing their outrage over the state’s plans to spend $13 million on constructing apartment complexes for illegal border crossers where some could be afforded up to two years of free rent.

The apartment complex plan — derisively labeled the “Taj Mahal” for illegals — took a lot of heat from residents of Brunswick during a February 20 city council meeting. The locals were upset over the fact that the same apartments that cost citizens between $1,800 and $2,300 a month were going to be handed out to illegals for free.

“You have all these houses being built. That’s discrimination, in my eyes,” Maine resident George Bernier said, according to the Daily Mail. “Am I too white? Is that what it is? Do I work too much? What’s the discrimination factor?”

“How can we give housing to anyone other than our Brunswick residents first?” he indignantly asked.

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Fellow resident Lisa Trombley added that the state is neglecting the needs of taxpaying citizens and acting in favor of illegals.

“You need to take a look at the needs of our current residents,” Trombley said. “If we don’t have a plan to take care of the residents, we shouldn’t be inviting them to come. No matter where they are coming from, we can’t afford to do it.”

Many of the brand-new buildings were completed in 2023, and the first began taking residents in December.

The project was initially funded by a six-million-dollar program, which the state housing authority, MaineHousing, initiated.

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Migrants have already filled some of the housing units:

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The plan even came to the attention of Donald Trump Jr., who blasted it while campaigning for his father.

“Up in this part of the world and up in Maine, they are giving illegal immigrants free housing — multimillion-dollar free housing — while they’re kicking out veterans in the street,” he said in a news clip shared by the conservative Maine Wire. “I mean, what’s going on?”

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However, MaineHousing points out that migrants will be required to pay 30 percent of their income in much-reduced rent fees if they get a job.

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Bidenomics in Crisis: Younger Americans Think The Biden Economy Stinks

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JOHN CARNEY

2 Mar 2024293

2:25

President Biden spent a good portion of last year trying to sell the American public on the idea that his policies were a boon for the economy, repeatedly using the phrase “Bidenomics.”

Younger Americans likely to vote in this year’s presidential election are not buying it.

A new poll by The New York Times and Siena College found that likely voters between the ages of 18 and 29 overwhelmingly have a negative opinion of economic conditions today.

Even more strikingly, virtually none rate the economy as excellent.

Eighty-seven percent of likely voters between 18 and 29 rate economic conditions as poor or only fair, making this the worst demographic for Biden when it comes to the economy. That’s particularly troubling for Joe Biden because Democratic candidates for president typically need an outsized share of the young vote to win.

What’s more, the negative views of the economy are skewed to the lowest ranking. Sixty percent of younger likely voters rate the economy as poor and 26 rate the economy as only fair. (The total does not add up to 87 percent, presumably due to rounding.)

Just thirteen percent say they rate the economy as “good.”

The percent who say they rate the economy as “excellent?” Zero.

The view of the economy is only a bit brighter among older likely voters. For those between 30 and 44, 76 percent have a negative view, including 50 percent who say conditions are poor. Just four percent say they are excellent.

Among likely voters between 45 and 64, 73 percent have a negative view, including 50 percent who give the economy the lowest mark. Seven percent say the economy is “excellent.”

Older voters are less negative, with 60 percent saying conditions are poor or only fair. Forty percent say conditions are poor. The are saying conditions are excellent jumps to 16 percent, which may reflect the large cost of living increases in Social Security, gains in the stock market, and climbing home prices. Older Americans are more likely to own homes and be invested in the stock market than younger Americans.

As well, many older Americans may be happy that fixed income instruments are paying much higher rates than they have in over a decade.