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SHOW NOTE: We'll be talking with appraiser Roy Wright on tomorrow's show (7:10am) about the almost 11 percent jump in single family home prices in the latest quarter here in Jackson County. It's certainly good news if you're underwater, but is expensive housing good?

I wonder how would the news react to "IPADS, 20 percent more expensive this quarter", or "Good News, groceries are 11 percent more valuable now".  Or how about "Used cars, up 30 percent in 2012". A home is truly a consumer good, and the sooner we get back to that more traditional approach to housing, the better.

All I'm saying is a healthy capitalist system looks at DECREASING prices for goods to be a good thing. Better, faster, less expensive.  Think of the overall increase in household wealth we'd experience if everyone's housing bill were cutin half. Yep, you could save, invest, or purchase other goodies more useful to your life.

THE PRESIDENT SAYS IT'S "HERE TO STAY"

(Let's intend HE not be here to stay in office)

GUEST INFORMATION FOR 07-05-2012

6:25 Terri Carlson, "WilMarryForHealthInsurance.Com". Created an internet sensation with her video on health insurance. Says Obamacare isn't perfect, but it's needed for people like her with genetic pre-existing conditions.

7:10 Lars Olsen, President of Olsen-Danes law firm. College debt issues, how to avoid the pitfalls, bankruptcy law changes.

7:35 Jeri Karcey & Mary Johnson with Americans for Prosperity. They're conducting two citizen informational meetings explaining the  Agenda 21/Sustainable Development issue. it's broken into two  meetings. The first will be July 10, 2012 at the Medford Library at 6:30pm. The second will be on July 31st, also at the library at 6:30 pm. They especially want to reach out to anyone with children or grandchildren in or out of the public school system. Among other things, attendees will learn about the implementation of a plan, already in place, to inventory all children from birth for indoctrination to work, think, and perform for the collective. This will be a real eye-opener and it is happening now, not in some date in the future.

8:10 State Representative Dennis Richardson, and he's readying another trade delegation to China, working on getting work for Oregon firms specializing in sustainable development, environment issues.