alt.politics.gw-bush

"XXX" wrote in message
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> "Wayne H. Wilhelm" wrote:
>> "Naked Country" wrote in message
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>> > These damn rich Democrats giving money away and stuff.
>> > Don't they know they're supposed to hoard it and laugh at the poor
>> > blacks?
>> >
>> > And don't forget that Liberal Oprah, who sponsored building fifty
>> > houses for Katrina victims.
>>
>> I was looking into that. Habitat for humanity builds the homes and then
>> sells them affordably. There was some sort of agreement between Habitat
>> for Humanity and Oprah. What is the appraisal of the homes and what
>> percentage of that is being charged to the new home owners? What
>> percentage of interest? Are some of the homes being sold to whites or
>> does Oprah only allow blacks in the neighborhood? I also noticed Oprah's
>> note that the new owners would be required to donate 300 hours of labor
>> towards the homes construction as part of their down-payment agreement.
>
> Repugs are so used to corporate welfare that they don't think they have to
> work for anything.
>
>> Wow...
>>
>> Just checked Oprah's wealth status: $ Billion. Guess she can afford
>> $10 Million for charity.
>
> What a bitch!!! A wealthy liberal? And a BLACK WOMAN, no less!!!
> Disgusting!
>
>> Do you know what a fish smells like? Something doesn't smell right about
>> this. 50 homes for $10 Million in charity? That amounts to $200,000 per
>> home.
>
> Too true! I mean, with the average cost of a new home at $229,100, $200,
> 000 seems ... well, OK, it seems right on target, but still!!! I mean ...
> Clinton Did It! Clinton Did It!!

Clinton did what?

$200,000 is right there in the vicinity, true. But that's with profit
margins built in. In 1985, I purchased my home for $8,700 dollars on 1/2
acre of land. Manual labor and my engineering skills enabled me to rebuild
it to where it could be livable. $20,000 later, the house was livable.

The thing with Habitat for humanity is that the profit margins are removed
(non-profit), and the cost factors are substantially reduced. It is only
with Habitat for humanity's cost cutting that those homes can be afforded.
The price range with reductions / donations should be in the vicinity of
$50,000 to $100,000 per home meaning the homes being built should be twice
as many if not more.



>> Can you spell "ripoff" in capital letters? With proper investments /
>> additional contributing charities, etc, her so-called charity should have
>> been able to provide well over 100 homes, and volume building can cut
>> expenses by nearly 50%. Sounds to me that Oprah is getting a financial
>> kickback, that or she's throwing her money away, something I seriously
>> doubt.
>>
>> --Wayne H. Wilhelm
>> Personal Web: http://www.
>>
>> > There's a big media push on now to convince us that paper ballots are a
>> > nuisance, and voting machines will be program properly for "ease of
>> > counting."
>> > They'll get us ALL yet!
>> >
>> > Jim Crowe's death has been greatly exaggerated.
>> >
>> >
>> >