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Participant[quote=zk][quote=paramount]The real taboo: Freedom of Thought.
ie. Donald Sterling[/quote]
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And as well they should be (ostracized), anyone who just generally doesn’t like kids just for being kids needs their head examined.[/quote]They should be ostracized and have their heads examined for their freedom of thought?[/quote]
ZK nailed you on this one, paramount. It’s one or the other. Either you get to have freedom of thought (assuming you don’t take action that would harm others), or you don’t. You don’t get to be arbiter of what people can or cannot approve/disapprove of or what they can or cannot think if you want to advocate for freedom of thought.
Participant[quote=UCGal]
I’ll be a taboo breaker here –This week I retired. (If I live cheap, I’m done working forever.)
The week before I paid off my mortgage. (Public record anyway).
[/quote]Hooray!!!!!!!! 🙂
Congratulations on both paying off your house and your retirement! I thought you still had a year or so to go. You’ve certainly done your research and worked hard toward your goals. Nicely done, UCGal!
What’s awesome is that you get to spend time with your kids when they are still young-ish. Didn’t your DH retire recently, too? Travel plans, or?
I am so very happy for you!
Participant[quote=UCGal]I’m going to agree with CAR on this, which is pretty ironic. Ironic because I bought the house I’m living in from my dad (and have the low property taxes that BG and CAR hate so much.)
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Just want to clarify that I am not opposed to an inherited Prop 13 tax basis, but only as long as the heir is using it as their single primary residence.
It’s BG who is opposed to the inherited tax basis, while I’m opposed to the corporate loophole and Prop 13 protection for second homes and investment properties. Basically, I think Prop 13 protection should only apply to a single primary residence.
Participant[quote=flu]If you have money (and I don’t), just shut up and don’t talk about it….
Because if you have any sort of shred of wealth built or accumulated, obviously you must be part of the “rich 1%” (plus or minus a few points) that is part of the problem in the U.S… Hard work, savings, investing,living within your means, frugality had absolutely nothing to do with it…
Because it’s evil….
Just say you’re poor….[/quote]
Just saw this and thought of you, flu. I’d love to hear your take on the issues mentioned here.
As I’ve noted above, nobody’s saying anything against productive workers, or people who live frugally, or those who save their earnings. The problem lies with graft, corruption, monopolies, and the concentration of wealth and power that results from the exploitation of people and resources.
People like myself are advocating for the rights of workers. We don’t harbor any ill feelings toward people who work for a living.
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John Steinbeck wrote his masterpiece The Grapes of Wrath at the age of 37 in 1939, at the tail end of the Great Depression. Steinbeck won the Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize for literature. John Ford then made a classic film adaption in 1941, starring Henry Fonda. It is considered one of the top 25 films in American history. The book was also one of the most banned in US history. Steinbeck was ridiculed as a communist and anti-capitalist by showing support for the working poor. Some things never change, as the moneyed interests that control the media message have attempted to deflect the blame for our current Depression away from their fraudulent deeds.
…The working class bore the brunt of the Great Depression in the 1930s and they are bearing the burden during our current Greater Depression. Steinbeck knew who the culprits were seventy years ago. We know who the culprits are today. They are one in the same. The moneyed banking interests caused the Great Depression and they created the disastrous collapse that has thus far destroyed 7 million middle class jobs. Steinbeck understood that the poor working class of this country had more dignity and compassion for their fellow man than any Wall Street banker out for enrichment at the expense of the working class.
http://www.theburningplatform.com/2014/06/21/grapes-of-wrath-2011/
ParticipantYes, scaredy, I’m just making a broad statement about the whole “end of life” thing. I think some people think that if you ignore it, then you won’t die.
I want to die quickly. Not afraid of death; it’s the dying part that has me worried.
ParticipantGood for you, scaredy.
Participant[quote=flu]If you have money (and I don’t), just shut up and don’t talk about it….
Because if you have any sort of shred of wealth built or accumulated, obviously you must be part of the “rich 1%” (plus or minus a few points) that is part of the problem in the U.S… Hard work, savings, investing,living within your means, frugality had absolutely nothing to do with it…
Because it’s evil….
Just say you’re poor….[/quote]
Hogwash. Nobody that I know of has a problem with people who’ve made money by working hard, living frugally, and saving. People have a problem with those who’ve made their money by scamming the system and exploiting other people or resources.
Participant[quote=scaredyclassic]Death. End of life planning[/quote]
Yes!!!
I’ve known perfectly intelligent, rational people who didn’t have trusts or wills set up, even when there were multiple kids and possible issues to deal with. Crazy!
ParticipantBG, you’re still assuming that the heirs will want to hang onto these properties, or that they will be able to. Many of these heirs are living paycheck to paycheck, have no savings of their own, and have been waiting for their inheritance so that they can pay off their debts and/or finally buy that car that they’ve been holding off on buying.
In most cases, there’s more than one heir. The kid who’s willing to live in mom and dad’s 1940s bungalow with 1970s green shag carpeting and faux wood paneling probably can’t afford to buy his/her siblings out, especially if he/she is so fixated on the low tax basis.
I only know of two people (my MIL being one of them) who’ve stayed in their parents house by buying out their siblings, and I’m a Southern California native, so I’ve known a LOT of families who’ve been in this situation. All the rest were quick to dump the house so they could divvy up the cash and go about their own lives.
You’re also forgetting about the elderly people who have no savings outside of the house, and when they/the kids want to put them in a home or have them live with one of their kids, so they sell the house to help pay for this.
Again, any money is found money when it comes to inheritance. The heirs are much less likely to be emotionally attached to their parents’ homes, so will sell for whatever the market will bear when they want to sell it, especially since many of these homes have a lot of deferred maintenance and need tens of thousands of dollars (or more) in repairs.
ParticipantAmericans don’t get to do that, as you know, spdrun.
ParticipantGoing to echo what SK said about giving up video games because your partner will need you more…forget about the kid.
As a wife and mother, there is nothing in the world that is more endearing than a husband who focuses on the mom so that she can focus on the kid (especially if she’s nursing, etc.). Her body is shot. Her hormones are rushing through her and her body is trying to heal from one of the hardest things it will ever do, all at a time when this new little person will be most demanding. She’ll feel unsexy, unwanted, tired beyond belief, and overwhelmed. If you take the time to make this first year as easy as possible for her (and make her feel sexy and loved, no matter what she looks like), you will be richly rewarded for the rest of your life. Screw it up by playing video games, watching hours of TV, ignoring her, going out with “the boys” while she’s stuck at home, not being helpful, and telling her that she is anything less than the sexiest thing you’ve ever seen in your life…and you will be paying for it for the rest of your life. The greatest gift you can give to your kid is a healthy, happy marriage and a warm, loving home. Focus on your marriage/wife, and the rest will fall into place.
Sorry for the unsolicited advice, but think this is so important, I’m willing to have you hate me for it. 😉
ParticipantThis has been studied for generations, and many people who’ve studied it for decades will disagree about the causes of IQ differentials. I’m no expert; just stating what’s out there and what the effects of these differences are on our educational system.
ParticipantMoney is still taboo if you’re asking someone about how much they make, specifically.
In this “capitalist” and “free market” labor market, the price of labor is extremely opaque to the workers.
ParticipantQuestioning the “Pledge of Allegiance.”
I’ve always asked people: What exactly are we pledging allegiance to?
-a piece of cloth with stars and stripes?
-the land that is currently called The United States of America…the soil that is within our political boundaries?
-our government puppets who push for wars against innocent people so that we can extract their resources? The very people who will throw innocent citizens/workers under the bus so long as corporations will benefit?
-to the Constitution?
-our fellow Americans? And what about illegal immigrants or Green Card holders…are we pledging allegiance to them, too? What about people we don’t like or agree with?
-to a particular type of economic theory (whether it’s been proven or not)?
So…the Pledge of Allegiance and the moral/ethical issues surrounding patriotism/Jingoism are things that we are not allowed to question or talk about.
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