In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
The Delores tank rolled on inexorably, __ou get a mortgage to buy a house, a larger mortgage than the previous owner because the price of the house has been artificially increased by the market, which is controlled by the banks. Then you live in the house for a few years paying a lot more in mortgage payments than you would if you were renting a similar property. But hey, you __wn_ it and can __o things to it__ things that cost even more money, by the way_ so you maintain its upkeep, improve it with say a new kitchen or bathroom; the more salubrious the neighbourhood the more expensive the kitchen would need to be _ a Küche & Cucina, say; impressing your cleaner is very important after all and at the end you sell it to someone else for more than you paid for it so they__l need an even bigger mortgage. And all the while everyone is paying all this money to the banks and the banks give the money to their shareholders, the biggest of whom are the incredibly rich. This, when you boil it all down, means that you__e taking a large sum out of your wages and passing it across to some rich person to live large, whilst you and others like you struggle to make their monthly payments. Basically you__e been screwed, Doc, but somehow they__e convinced you that you own a bit of England, when the truth is you don__ really own anything, you__e just renting it at a higher cost and they can take it back from you any time they want. It__ all just a card trick, Doc. All just __moke and mirrors_ and that__ what__ getting to me.
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The Delores tank rolled on inexorably, __ou get a mortgage to buy a house, a larger mortgage than the previous owner because the price of the house has been artificially increased by the market, which is controlled by the banks. Then you live in the house for a few years paying a lot more in mortgage payments than you would if you were renting a similar property. But hey, you __wn_ it and can __o things to it__ things that cost even more money, by the way_ so you maintain its upkeep, improve it with say a new kitchen or bathroom; the more salubrious the neighbourhood the more expensive the kitchen would need to be _ a Küche & Cucina, say; impressing your cleaner is very important after all and at the end you sell it to someone else for more than you paid for it so they__l need an even bigger mortgage. And all the while everyone is paying all this money to the banks and the banks give the money to their shareholders, the biggest of whom are the incredibly rich. This, when you boil it all down, means that you__e taking a large sum out of your wages and passing it across to some rich person to live large, whilst you and others like you struggle to make their monthly payments. Basically you__e been screwed, Doc, but somehow they__e convinced you that you own a bit of England, when the truth is you don__ really own anything, you__e just renting it at a higher cost and they can take it back from you any time they want. It__ all just a card trick, Doc. All just __moke and mirrors_ and that__ what__ getting to me.
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