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Participantseems like this system also really benefits the family where much of the income is off the books…
Participant[quote=SK in CV]I’m not sure what this has to do with being a republican, but yeah it’s tough. But it’s worth it.
Btw, kids with a 3.0 can’t often get into a UC anyway.[/quote]
pretty much every kid with a GPA over 3.0 gets into UC Merced; see graph…
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/GPA-SAT-ACT-Graphs/ss/uc-merced-admission-gpa-sat-act.htm
ditto for UC Riverside. 3.0 and very damn likely you get in…
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/GPA-SAT-ACT-Graphs/ss/uc-riverside-admission-gpa-sat-act.htm
UC Santa Cruz look like a way better than 50-50 shot to get in with just a 3.0 and a halfway decent sat score…
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/GPA-SAT-ACT-Graphs/ss/uc-santa-cruz-admission-gpa-sat-act.htm
Participant[quote=SK in CV]I’m not sure what this has to do with being a republican, but yeah it’s tough. But it’s worth it.
Btw, kids with a 3.0 can’t often get into a UC anyway.[/quote]
by republican, i meant the general stereotype that republicans oppose having the rich subsidize programs for the poor.
in this case, it seems particularly unfair, because both kids, if viewed as adults, are about equally poor. Neither one of them actually has anything. the only asset the “wealthy” kid has is the fact that he happens to ahve parents who earn a decent living. But that’s not really his money. In fact, it would be theft if he started rifling through my wallet claiing it was “his”. How is this different?
A parent cannot say “no” to the demand for tuition and have his kid proceed by himself until marriage or age 24, or certain other conditions…
if you say no to the system, you are basically not allowing your kid to go…
Participant[quote=no_such_reality]Clever, no. My purchase was designed to provide a reasonable place to live, with good employment/business prospects in a very short commute and most importantly, create stability and predictability in our housing.[/quote
That sounds pretty damn clever. ]
ParticipantI’ll make the low monthly payment to the bitter end cause I can beat a 3.375 perc interest rate just going to yard sales buying stuff and selling it on eBay.
ParticipantWell I doubled the equity because the upside is greater in a more expensive leveraged place.
ParticipantI don’t know but I would guess virtually everyone who buys a house hopes its a smart financial move. Therefore to some extent I would say everyone is hoping to feel a bit clever on their transaction, at least to some degree, though they may have other motives as well.
No RE agent tells a client, well this would be a really Shitty financial move but it sure is a nice house.
Participant[quote=Blogstar]I feel proud because you have me to thank for holding your hand through it all.[/quote]
On behalf of my other scaredier self, I thank you.
Participant[quote=squat300][quote=flyer]We all have different dreams in life, and, IMO, if you achieve those–regardless of what anyone else has, does, or is–that’s what really matters–and, as you said, squat, you should be very proud of those achievements.
When you realize everything on earth is temporary, you really see life from a different perspective, and it is very liberating.[/quote]
I’m lacking a dream or vision currently.
I think what would make me feel fulfilled is to finally write a screenplay at night that becomes a movie and a well reviewed hit that symbolizes the feelings of a generation.[/quote]
Which dream is basically about feeling clever.
Participant[quote=flyer]We all have different dreams in life, and, IMO, if you achieve those–regardless of what anyone else has, does, or is–that’s what really matters–and, as you said, squat, you should be very proud of those achievements.
When you realize everything on earth is temporary, you really see life from a different perspective, and it is very liberating.[/quote]
I’m lacking a dream or vision currently.
I think what would make me feel fulfilled is to finally write a screenplay at night that becomes a movie and a well reviewed hit that symbolizes the feelings of a generation.
ParticipantI have come to embrace the American system of mortgaging ones self to a house.
Barring major medical advances and severe accident or environmental toxicity, I would place my death age at 78.9, about 1.1 years prior to mortgage payoff.
Hopefully on the day of my death, I will squat 325 lbs in my yard, have a breakfast of homegrown pomelos, sit down to read the latest issue of laphams quarterly and die virtually instantly from a majOr heart attack. That’s the best case scenario, anyway.
Unless I can stop worrying so much. Then id peg death year at 82.6. That’s 2.6 years free and clear! Somehow I think I’ll have other things on my mind than not having that monthly payment then.
ParticipantNRA admittedly has some good points here re; banning sales of ammunition to people on killing sprees…
i was persuaded by the argument that even if you’re in the middle of killing your family, a burglar could break into your home during your assault on your family, so you need unfettered access to ammunition…
biden apparently wants to limit sales of ammo only to “blood-soaked maniacs”, but really, once, we start drawing the line, where do we stop? better safe than sorry! I’m convinced! where can I get a good deal on a mossberg?
http://www.theonion.com/video/nra-fights-legislation-that-would-ban-gun-sales-to,30927/
ParticipantI don’t feel dumb lately. I feel distracted, forgetful, anxious, disgusted, awesome, muscular, fatigued, exhausted and seasoned.
But not dumb.
Maybe next week.
I’d rather owe 250000 on a place worth 800000 than own a 250000 place outright. I’d be prouder to have the debt. A free and clear deed would not bolster my pride.
i’d also rather ahve a super cheap monthly payment ona bitching place, than a free and clear dump.
ParticipantGun owners need to be ambassadors of grace, politeness, civility, calm and reason.
Never appear angry; it’s scary!
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