Where does the Insanity Stop?? I mean REALLY???!!! - another 17-20%

I am in shock…..my poor parents……I guess a HUGE number of “Retirees” on “fixed” incomes are feeling the same way, as "many" retirees come to Florida to enjoy the next phase of their life....

..........of course there are full time residents that have been here their 'whole' life, & retired to stay here in the Sunshine State.

What if you woke up one day & your mortgage payment went up 28%….or let’s just say $700+ per month…. & it wasn’t because of the mortgage which is “fixed” like your income for the next 15, 30-40 years? It was your  “escrow” items that do make up your monthly payment (in this case insurance) Yes, insurance went up approximately 27% with about 1% increase in property taxes.............(my parents do have Homestead for both)

What if your salary had not gone up 28% & in fact it was “fixed” for the rest of your life, because you were retired (twice)??  (because you couldn't afford to retire with the 1st income)

What if most of your state had a majority of people on “fixed” income, or even yet “unemployed” or corporate cutbacks??

What if the property values had not gone up 28%…………..

What if this was at a point where you had enough to worry about just trying to keep up with your health & enjoy your latter years after all that hard work??

There is another economic blog I am going to post later, but just staying with this one subject ~ “how do you think this will impact our Housing market??”

Well this happened today, to my parents. I thought they had tabled it, & thought the powers to be were wiser of it because of the definite impact…..but I guess they didn’t.

http://www.culbertsonagency.com/state-farm-received-approval-for-18-8-rate-increase-on-florida-home-insurance/

This may be what sends us right over the economic edge here, at least in my region. We have a major corporation trying to cut 20% wages & lay off 13,000 employees, which will have a ripple affect in the next 2-12 months….but this is just a small portion compared to the Retirees here in Florida on “Fixed Incomes”, which consists of about 17-20% of our population.

Governor Scott - Really?? I ask the decision makers “Where does the Insanity end??!! I mean REALLY??!!””

Do you think that people can continue to pull it out of their derrière’s?

This is the tip of the iceberg, at least for Florida. Great job!!! Next will come in the next few months.

We had/have over approximately 2.9 million Senior people (as of 2004) that live/lived in Florida we are second to California who has/had 3.8 million residents as of July 2004 per the source below (courtesy of Senior Living)

http://seniorliving.about.com/od/lawpolitics/a/senior_pop_life.htm

As of 2010 we had a population in Florida of 18,801,310 with a growth of approximately 15% in the past decade. South Florida makes up almost 31% of the total State’s population & Miami Dade County having half of that 31%. The total population of the state has grown over 1 million in the past year. Senior Living residents make up about 17-20% of our population.

• I would say that in reality, 17-20% of our population would now be at risk with these changes of their escrow or monthly obligations???   28% is a HUGE increase, no matter what level.

I will be writing to as many as I can about this matter, as I do not feel that this political level has been very wise in looking out for our seniors?   If anyone that would wish to contact Governor Scott about this matter, I have listed some information below, but…..it may be best to go to your Congressman.

Our Governor - Rick Scott

www.flgov.com/contact-gov-scott/

(850) 717-9337

http://www.stateofflorida.com/Portal/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=95

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12000.html

My parents are the most responsible people I know. They honor all they commit. They volunteer on several Federal Committees & serve hours without pay for retiree organizations & their credit union. My Mom worked another career after being forced into a “reduced” retirement from a government position & was fortunate to make another 13 years with the school board. Their intentions were to always move to a lesser expensive area that they liked, but the housing market went bust before my Mom could retire between health issues with my Dad & later she would experience. My Mom was weak at the knees today when they came home to open the mail & find this 28% increase!!!?? They both have some severe medical issues & simply looked towards a bit of enjoyment with the later years of life after working so hard. They were caught with their home when the market took the downward turn.

I am in shock…..my poor parents……I guess a HUGE number of “Retirees” on “fixed” incomes.  I will, as my siblings, work hard to try to see what we can do....but why do others place them in that position??  Why do they inflict their dignity??  You work your whole life under the guidelines you are given & plan accordingly only to have it ripped out from underneath you??  All from "greed".

How do these people get into office??? Where do others of power think that this money is going to come from as they continue to “reward” themselves??? So, you side with the top & let the other 80-90% suffer, be homeless, have ill health because your board of directors needed to make enough profit, fund their children’s private tuition, the $35million investment property for executives in a foreign country. 

We had great service before, & we seemed to manage??   We don’t have that great of an increase in population to increase the burden of all these expenses??  What population we do have are contributing in multiple ways - sales tax, tourist tax, transient housing, tolls, tolls & more tolls, the Florida Lottery - not just property values.

I am in shock…..my poor parents……I guess a HUGE number of “Retirees” on “fixed” incomes are feeling the same way, as "many" retirees come to Florida to enjoy the next phase of their life....

..........of course there are full time residents that have been here their 'whole' life, & retired to stay here in the Sunshine State.

What if you woke up one day & your mortgage payment went up 28%….or let’s just say $700+ per month…. & it wasn’t because of the mortgage which is “fixed” like your income for the next 15, 30-40 years? It was your  “escrow” items that do make up your monthly payment (in this case insurance) Yes, insurance went up approximately 27% with about 1% increase in property taxes.............(my parents do have Homestead for both)

What if your salary had not gone up 28% & in fact it was “fixed” for the rest of your life, because you were retired (twice)??  (because you couldn't afford to retire with the 1st income)

What if most of your state had a majority of people on “fixed” income, or even yet “unemployed” or corporate cutbacks??

What if the property values had not gone up 28%…………..

What if this was at a point where you had enough to worry about just trying to keep up with your health & enjoy your latter years after all that hard work??

There is another economic blog I am going to post later, but just staying with this one subject ~ “how do you think this will impact our Housing market??”

Well this happened today, to my parents. I thought they had tabled it, & thought the powers to be were wiser of it because of the definite impact…..but I guess they didn’t.

http://www.culbertsonagency.com/state-farm-received-approval-for-18-8-rate-increase-on-florida-home-insurance/

This may be what sends us right over the economic edge here, at least in my region. We have a major corporation trying to cut 20% wages & lay off 13,000 employees, which will have a ripple affect in the next 2-12 months….but this is just a small portion compared to the Retirees here in Florida on “Fixed Incomes”, which consists of about 17-20% of our population.

Governor Scott - Really?? I ask the decision makers “Where does the Insanity end??!! I mean REALLY??!!””

Do you think that people can continue to pull it out of their derrière’s?

This is the tip of the iceberg, at least for Florida. Great job!!! Next will come in the next few months.

We had/have over approximately 2.9 million Senior people (as of 2004) that live/lived in Florida we are second to California who has/had 3.8 million residents as of July 2004 per the source below (courtesy of Senior Living)

http://seniorliving.about.com/od/lawpolitics/a/senior_pop_life.htm

As of 2010 we had a population in Florida of 18,801,310 with a growth of approximately 15% in the past decade. South Florida makes up almost 31% of the total State’s population & Miami Dade County having half of that 31%. The total population of the state has grown over 1 million in the past year. Senior Living residents make up about 17-20% of our population.

• I would say that in reality, 17-20% of our population would now be at risk with these changes of their escrow or monthly obligations???   28% is a HUGE increase, no matter what level.

I will be writing to as many as I can about this matter, as I do not feel that this political level has been very wise in looking out for our seniors?   If anyone that would wish to contact Governor Scott about this matter, I have listed some information below, but…..it may be best to go to your Congressman.

Our Governor - Rick Scott

www.flgov.com/contact-gov-scott/

(850) 717-9337

http://www.stateofflorida.com/Portal/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=95

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12000.html

My parents are the most responsible people I know. They honor all they commit. They volunteer on several Federal Committees & serve hours without pay for retiree organizations & their credit union. My Mom worked another career after being forced into a “reduced” retirement from a government position & was fortunate to make another 13 years with the school board. Their intentions were to always move to a lesser expensive area that they liked, but the housing market went bust before my Mom could retire between health issues with my Dad & later she would experience. My Mom was weak at the knees today when they came home to open the mail & find this 28% increase!!!?? They both have some severe medical issues & simply looked towards a bit of enjoyment with the later years of life after working so hard. They were caught with their home when the market took the downward turn.

I am in shock…..my poor parents……I guess a HUGE number of “Retirees” on “fixed” incomes.  I will, as my siblings, work hard to try to see what we can do....but why do others place them in that position??  Why do they inflict their dignity??  You work your whole life under the guidelines you are given & plan accordingly only to have it ripped out from underneath you??  All from "greed".

How do these people get into office??? Where do others of power think that this money is going to come from as they continue to “reward” themselves??? So, you side with the top & let the other 80-90% suffer, be homeless, have ill health because your board of directors needed to make enough profit, fund their children’s private tuition, the $35million investment property for executives in a foreign country. 

We had great service before, & we seemed to manage??   We don’t have that great of an increase in population to increase the burden of all these expenses??  What population we do have are contributing in multiple ways - sales tax, tourist tax, transient housing, tolls, tolls & more tolls, the Florida Lottery - not just property values.

My Mom’s question today was, “Are all states with catastrophic exposure paying the same severe increase??!”

(Example - the Gulf states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The tornado states like Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska (Midwest). The earthquake prone) “Or are we the only ones bearing the burden?” She doubted they were because she didn’t feel their government thought they could afford it, and she didn’t know why ours could possibly??

How can this lunacy be stopped??!!

This week I have had a bit to think about, with a few other matters that are pretty big, and have vacillated from little shocks or surprises, to ANGER, to NAUSEA, to NUMBNESS………well the straw came today in the mortgage statement of my parents. I just don’t get it……”where do they think it is going to keep coming from???”

• What would you do if you woke up tomorrow & your mortgage (because of escrow went up 28%??
• What can we do to bring much of this insanity & imbalance under control.

There will be another economic message that has & will have a great impact - so many are so quick to place the blame..........

I look forward to your help and any feedback you may think that would be helpful.  They are not alone & it will send (or has sent) another wave through the housing market. 

Thank you for visiting!   Pam  (image courtesy of Google)

Wishing Everyone A Very Blessed 2012!!

            

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