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I love it when people who oppose a single-payer solution throw out rationing as a reason. What the heck do you call it when 50M people have no health insurance? Sure they can go to the emergency room and declare bankruptcy after they can’t pay the bill (well, they used to be able to do that before the 2005 bankruptcy reform bill), but they certainly can’t get cancer treatment, cardiac operations, etc…

We are all doomed. I am keeping the Mexico thing in mind, that is sounding like a better and better idea.

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I love it when people who oppose a single-payer solution throw out rationing as a reason. What the heck do you call it when 50M people have no health insurance? Sure they can go to the emergency room and declare bankruptcy after they can’t pay the bill (well, they used to be able to do that before the 2005 bankruptcy reform bill), but they certainly can’t get cancer treatment, cardiac operations, etc…

We are all doomed. I am keeping the Mexico thing in mind, that is sounding like a better and better idea.

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If a house was worth $400K BEFORE the bubble, and if the bubble has actually burst (it hasn’t – yet), then why shouldn’t a buyer expect to get it at pre-bubble/pre-2001 prices?

Is the money worth the same as it used to be in 2000? Is the society the same? I’m not sure on either of those points…

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If a house was worth $400K BEFORE the bubble, and if the bubble has actually burst (it hasn’t – yet), then why shouldn’t a buyer expect to get it at pre-bubble/pre-2001 prices?

Is the money worth the same as it used to be in 2000? Is the society the same? I’m not sure on either of those points…

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If a house was worth $400K BEFORE the bubble, and if the bubble has actually burst (it hasn’t – yet), then why shouldn’t a buyer expect to get it at pre-bubble/pre-2001 prices?

Is the money worth the same as it used to be in 2000? Is the society the same? I’m not sure on either of those points…

[blahblahblah]

If a house was worth $400K BEFORE the bubble, and if the bubble has actually burst (it hasn’t – yet), then why shouldn’t a buyer expect to get it at pre-bubble/pre-2001 prices?

Is the money worth the same as it used to be in 2000? Is the society the same? I’m not sure on either of those points…

[blahblahblah]

If a house was worth $400K BEFORE the bubble, and if the bubble has actually burst (it hasn’t – yet), then why shouldn’t a buyer expect to get it at pre-bubble/pre-2001 prices?

Is the money worth the same as it used to be in 2000? Is the society the same? I’m not sure on either of those points…

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It’s not like I have a choice to live somewhere next to work in a decent place that I can afford. If I had, I could certainly say 1.5 hrs a day it’s not worth it.

Depends on what you mean by a “decent place”. To me a modest condo 5 minutes from work would be more decent than a house with a big yard 30 minutes away. That’s 50 more minutes a day I’d have to myself, 50 more minutes a day I wouldn’t be subjecting myself to the risk of a car accident, 50 minutes a day I wouldn’t be sitting on my ass instead of walking around, etc…

50 minutes a day
250 minutes a week
1000 minutes a month
12000 minutes a year (200 hours)

How much are you paid an hour? Let’s say you make $50 an hour, cutting out 50 minutes of commute per day is equivalent to a $10K/year raise.

Just something to think about. I do think that in the future more people will think as I do. I grew up in a “good school district” in the suburbs with parents that drove long commutes to work. They divorced when I was 8. Both developed substance abuse issues. One died at 67 and the other is very unhealthy at 73. They spent a lot of their 30s and 40s in cars, driving. A lot of my fellow students from that good school district turned out to be total losers, including many of the top students.

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It’s not like I have a choice to live somewhere next to work in a decent place that I can afford. If I had, I could certainly say 1.5 hrs a day it’s not worth it.

Depends on what you mean by a “decent place”. To me a modest condo 5 minutes from work would be more decent than a house with a big yard 30 minutes away. That’s 50 more minutes a day I’d have to myself, 50 more minutes a day I wouldn’t be subjecting myself to the risk of a car accident, 50 minutes a day I wouldn’t be sitting on my ass instead of walking around, etc…

50 minutes a day
250 minutes a week
1000 minutes a month
12000 minutes a year (200 hours)

How much are you paid an hour? Let’s say you make $50 an hour, cutting out 50 minutes of commute per day is equivalent to a $10K/year raise.

Just something to think about. I do think that in the future more people will think as I do. I grew up in a “good school district” in the suburbs with parents that drove long commutes to work. They divorced when I was 8. Both developed substance abuse issues. One died at 67 and the other is very unhealthy at 73. They spent a lot of their 30s and 40s in cars, driving. A lot of my fellow students from that good school district turned out to be total losers, including many of the top students.

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It’s not like I have a choice to live somewhere next to work in a decent place that I can afford. If I had, I could certainly say 1.5 hrs a day it’s not worth it.

Depends on what you mean by a “decent place”. To me a modest condo 5 minutes from work would be more decent than a house with a big yard 30 minutes away. That’s 50 more minutes a day I’d have to myself, 50 more minutes a day I wouldn’t be subjecting myself to the risk of a car accident, 50 minutes a day I wouldn’t be sitting on my ass instead of walking around, etc…

50 minutes a day
250 minutes a week
1000 minutes a month
12000 minutes a year (200 hours)

How much are you paid an hour? Let’s say you make $50 an hour, cutting out 50 minutes of commute per day is equivalent to a $10K/year raise.

Just something to think about. I do think that in the future more people will think as I do. I grew up in a “good school district” in the suburbs with parents that drove long commutes to work. They divorced when I was 8. Both developed substance abuse issues. One died at 67 and the other is very unhealthy at 73. They spent a lot of their 30s and 40s in cars, driving. A lot of my fellow students from that good school district turned out to be total losers, including many of the top students.

[blahblahblah]

It’s not like I have a choice to live somewhere next to work in a decent place that I can afford. If I had, I could certainly say 1.5 hrs a day it’s not worth it.

Depends on what you mean by a “decent place”. To me a modest condo 5 minutes from work would be more decent than a house with a big yard 30 minutes away. That’s 50 more minutes a day I’d have to myself, 50 more minutes a day I wouldn’t be subjecting myself to the risk of a car accident, 50 minutes a day I wouldn’t be sitting on my ass instead of walking around, etc…

50 minutes a day
250 minutes a week
1000 minutes a month
12000 minutes a year (200 hours)

How much are you paid an hour? Let’s say you make $50 an hour, cutting out 50 minutes of commute per day is equivalent to a $10K/year raise.

Just something to think about. I do think that in the future more people will think as I do. I grew up in a “good school district” in the suburbs with parents that drove long commutes to work. They divorced when I was 8. Both developed substance abuse issues. One died at 67 and the other is very unhealthy at 73. They spent a lot of their 30s and 40s in cars, driving. A lot of my fellow students from that good school district turned out to be total losers, including many of the top students.

[blahblahblah]

It’s not like I have a choice to live somewhere next to work in a decent place that I can afford. If I had, I could certainly say 1.5 hrs a day it’s not worth it.

Depends on what you mean by a “decent place”. To me a modest condo 5 minutes from work would be more decent than a house with a big yard 30 minutes away. That’s 50 more minutes a day I’d have to myself, 50 more minutes a day I wouldn’t be subjecting myself to the risk of a car accident, 50 minutes a day I wouldn’t be sitting on my ass instead of walking around, etc…

50 minutes a day
250 minutes a week
1000 minutes a month
12000 minutes a year (200 hours)

How much are you paid an hour? Let’s say you make $50 an hour, cutting out 50 minutes of commute per day is equivalent to a $10K/year raise.

Just something to think about. I do think that in the future more people will think as I do. I grew up in a “good school district” in the suburbs with parents that drove long commutes to work. They divorced when I was 8. Both developed substance abuse issues. One died at 67 and the other is very unhealthy at 73. They spent a lot of their 30s and 40s in cars, driving. A lot of my fellow students from that good school district turned out to be total losers, including many of the top students.

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Clearly California is doomed and in 20 years no one will live here anymore.

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Clearly California is doomed and in 20 years no one will live here anymore.

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Clearly California is doomed and in 20 years no one will live here anymore.

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