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[quote=CA renter]Why should the people who don’t want to join a union benefit from the pay and working conditions earned by unions and their dues-paying members?[/quote]

First of all, the answer doesn’t matter. If people want to work and not join a union, they should be free to do so.

One answer may be – perhaps they have ethical issues paying dues to an organization that takes advantage of taxpayers the way unions do.

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[quote=CA renter]They are totally free to work for any non-union employer they desire, but they do NOT have a right to the compensation and working conditions earned by dues-paying members. Hell no.[/quote]

This really irks me. You make it sound as if it is not extortion because there are some non-unionized schools.

That doesn’t mean it isn’t extortion for the unionized schools.

Workers may not have a right to the compensation and working conditions that the unions have strong-armed their way into, but workers do have a right to work at those schools under different conditions by providing a service that competes with the unions. Giving the union monopoly power over a particular school is extortion and grants preferred status to a select set of private individuals.

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Hasn’t happened yet.
Have to wait until 13 past noon.

Twelve past midnight is 00:12

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I have heard from several parents that the better school districts are not better for special needs kids. You may be able to get more for your money if you find a generally worse district that is better for your kid.

EDIT: Just saw you have another “regular need” kid.

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[quote=CA renter]Should we only be able to allocate our money directly to the causes we’re willing to pay for?[/quote]

Yes.

[quote=CA renter]Not saying that’s necessarily a bad thing, but one has to wonder how that would work in the real world.[/quote]

How about a tax form that looks like this:

Govt Entity A: ____%
Govt Entity B: ____%
Govt Entity C: ____%
Govt Entity D: ____%
Govt Entity E: ____%
Govt Entity F: ____%
Govt Entity G: ____%

TOTAL: 100%

I betcha schools, military, police would have all the money they need and a whole bunch of stuff the government does now would, appropriately, go unfunded. We would realize exactly what the people want from their government.

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Pretty cool.

May consider joining Maker Place on a daily basis – $30 a day. Use theirs. It’s more industrial. Take a class, do it right.

Just a thought.

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Successfully (i.e. with profit) flipping a house bought in Jan 2012 is doable. Successfully flipping a house bought this Fall may not be so easy.

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I still have a turntable.

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No matter what model you get, I like nextag.com for finding the best price. Sends you email when it finds a new better price than the last email.

Costco a good option, too. They are very good about returns.

Maybe consider a basic TV with closed captioning plus a DVD player or Tivo w/ Netflix built-in.

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[quote=flu]So in the absence of that, we’ll have Suzie Orman and Rich Dad/Poor Dad Robert Kiyosaki who will be happy to educate people for a “small fee”…[/quote]

Last I checked, Suzie’s PBS show is free.

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[quote=Hobie]So true. What troubles me is that financial prudence is not taught ( or understood) at home. High school should fill this gap and really prepare kids in daily life skills including the value of compounding interest.[/quote]

I’ve pondered some ideas for teaching an after-school economics class for K-8 students. I think it is needed, though difficult to make fun.

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Really, nothing happening here as of Nov 27.

Under $1M: 20. 3 of them short.
Above $1M: 61. 2 of them short.

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[quote=CDMA ENG][quote=sdduuuude][quote=cvmom][quote=CDMA ENG]I also use to have a friend that said that you could deduce the true cost of living in a city by only looking a the cost of a jug of milk.[/quote]

Reminds me of the Big Mac index that the Economist uses to compare cost-of-living.[/quote]

From this I can conclude that the cost of living in an airport or professional sports venue must be incredibly high.[/quote]

I take if you are refering to the Micky Ds and not the jug of milk.

CE[/quote]

Either.

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[quote=cvmom][quote=CDMA ENG]I also use to have a friend that said that you could deduce the true cost of living in a city by only looking a the cost of a jug of milk.[/quote]

Reminds me of the Big Mac index that the Economist uses to compare cost-of-living.[/quote]

From this I can conclude that the cost of living in an airport or professional sports venue must be incredibly high.

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Bankrate.com is often helpful.

http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/graph/default.aspx?cat=2&ids=1,-1&state=CA&d=365&t=MSLine&eco=-1

Try provident funding for good rates on prime loans.

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