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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:27 AM Original message |
My Depression era parents raised two kids very well, incurred no debt and left us real money. |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Sounds like my parents. He had a great pension plan, |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. My Dad's "pension" came from the union ...... like $60 bux a month. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Interesting how this social contract bred individual responsibility |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. So very true. To me, it's unthinkable to walk away from my mortgage, but we know |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. walking away from a mortgage is more thinkable |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. This is important for everyone to read. |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Watch this, long but worth your time... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. Here's why |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. And parenting was vastly different in those days. nt |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. repukes have worked tirelessly ever since then |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. Hats off to your parents! |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. Your parents didn't work against you |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I can't agree with your statements. Individual tax rates were at least twice as high from 1945-1987 |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Add Ronnie's six hikes in FICA, please. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. And blaming an entire generation for what was done in the name of the Republican Party isn't |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. In the first St Ronnie campaign ..... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You're lucky |
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Psyop Samurai (873 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. Big K&R! .nt |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. My parent's house(s) cost the equivalent of ONE year of my Dad's salary |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Houses are, on average, a hell of a lot bigger than they were a few decades ago. nt |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. My first house and my parents first house are about the same size |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Maybe--but in general new houses are lots bigger than they were in the 60s and 70s. nt |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Yes. And NEW houses where I live cost two to three times what mine cost |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. That used to be the standard |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
21. I have a similar story |
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kitty1 (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. In my Father's generation, you didn't buy anything without the means |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. Kinda like me and Miz t. |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
26. Beautiful Post. |
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nomatrix123 (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
28. And words our parents lived by |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
29. I think we're taught to want too much these days |
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