No - this is a terrible idea This is a kick-the-can-down-the-road solution, and we've seen it before in Japan, and it was CRAZY. In the 80s real estate prices in Tokyo were high, so they started offering 50-year mortgages to make things "more affordable..." if you stretch the loan, the monthly payment looks easier. But it's just extra leverage and we know what happens with leverage... Prices went insane. At the peak, a single 0.44 square mile parcel in central Tokyo was valued more than all real estate in the entire state of California. The total land value of Japan exceeded that of the entire United States many-fold. Then the bubble burst, and it was BRUTAL. Prices in Tokyo fell 60 to 80%. Tokyo real estate today is still > 50 percent cheaper than it was in 1989. Many buyers from that era never recovered their equity. Banks spent years holding bad loans, and the broader economy stagnated. Longer mortgages did not make housing affordable. They made prices higher, slowed down equity accumulation, and left households more exposed when prices fell. The crash was deeper and the recovery was longer because everyone had borrowed too much. For most people in the US, the house is the retirement plan. At retirement ~75% of the median Americans net worth is their primary residence. The 30 year mortgage aligns with people's lives - it pays down fast enough that they own their home by the time they stop working. A 50 year mortgage changes that. Equity builds slowly. Leverage stays high. People remain exposed for longer. I like that we are thinking outside the box but this doesn't solve affordability, it hollows out the main wealth-building mechanism for the majority of the population and will have other bad implications IMO The only solution is to build more! We need supply-side solutions not induced demand, c'mon.

Lindsey plans on running as the man responsible for this in the fall. At some point the GOP will learn their voters use subsidies.

"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

BREAKING News: The FBI has warned that criminals posing as ICE agents have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexu@l assaults in multiple states.

No better example of how Trump has destroyed America's basic democratic norms than the fact that he keeps pardoning Republicans convicted by juries of crimes simply because they are Republicans, and it's barely even a major story. abcnews.go.com/Politics/wire…

UPDATE: aetna has reached out to my doctor and theoretically they will be speaking about my case on monday, despite my surgery being cancelled. hopefully this can lead to a sooner approval and rescheduling. this is flipped from just a few hours ago when they said the denial was being upheld. so honestly i really just have a sort of whiplash but am hopeful if we continue to tag @aetna and add pressure maybe there will be a resolution. if you feel so inclined you can discuss on tiktok and instagram or wherever else they may be. i’ve been quite sick so i may respond slowly but i so greatly appreciate all of your support and love and anger on my behalf. i promise if it were different, i would fight for you too ❤️

Clarifies what happened with the SCOTUS stay tonight.

Donald Trump is literally fighting in court to ensure Americans starve. HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU.

i fear insurance companies respect and listen to a viral post more than a team of doctors and neurosurgeons so please keep tagging @Aetna and sharing

PSA: as a patient you have to be informed. Yesterday pharmacy incorrectly titrated carboplatin, and I got hives. Today it was again incorrect. I stood my ground & & said I'm not letting you infuse it. They arbitrarily changed it, they can do it right or I'm calling the doctor. 👍

ICE deports pet parents—leaving their cat behind toothless and abandoned. Cat was just left to fend for himself by ICE agents—luckily a kind neighbor rescued him and brought him to local shelter. Nobody knows his given name—or how he became toothless—so the shelter named him George. The married couple who adopted him, who go by "saltandpepper_tails," are even trying to speak Spanish to George in hopes of making him feel more comfortable. They also wrote, "Someone should make a website for all the pets of people kidnapped by ICE so people can see if their babies are ok once they are in a place to check." The pet rescue took place at a Petco in southern Utah. #DemsUnited

Yesterday at Dr Oz’s press conference, trump fell asleep, shat himself, & the stench was so bad it made some dude behind him pass the fuck out while trump just stood there staring into space. Where’s the outrage from the media? Where’s your book on this, @jaketapper? #DementiaDon

Watch as this amazing man orders 20 pizzas at a local pizza shop and when asked wvat he was buying so many for he said to give out to the homeless community so the owner said he wanted to help too so he provided the pizzas and they ended up going there together & handing them out

Are they catching on to his eternal grifting and gaslighting?

Hell no. Republicans have no intention of negotiating this. Thune is a liar.

Lutnick pumps up the tariffs, and his family cashes in by making almost sure bets against them. #Vultures

I'm listening to "Injustice,how politics and fear vanquished America's justice department by @CarolLeonnig and Aaron Davis. Filled with details I hadn't known, particularly about J6. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

Good. But that little gremlin Bovino in his place.

Reporter: A video of a raid from Los Angeles, look inside this car. They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.