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Old 08-03-2014, 07:01 PM
 
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That's called the "free market" approach. Ironic that you'd find it a concern, given your handle...

OMG are you freaking kidding?

A free market would adequately house an additional 25,000 low-income residents - at densities not allowed under existing government supply controls.
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Old 08-03-2014, 07:02 PM
 
Location: Lost in Texas
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I have never been forced to take a job and never been forced to stay at a job
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Old 08-03-2014, 07:04 PM
 
Location: No Mask For Me This Time, Either
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??? Are you unfamiliar with the concept of wage slavery? As in, work or live in the gutter until you starve?
So you do admit there are choices to be freely made? Pushing one's self above minimum wage might be yet another choice.
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Old 08-03-2014, 07:07 PM
 
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Roommate?

Room = $500.mo. still not affordable to approx the kiwest-earning 10 percent. I rent a room in a house with four others and I pay 52 percent of my income for rent.
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Old 08-03-2014, 07:10 PM
 
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Does labeling someone a "worker" entitle them to someone else's money?

No, whereTF did you get that idea?
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Old 08-03-2014, 07:18 PM
 
Location: it depends
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??? Are you unfamiliar with the concept of wage slavery? As in, work or live in the gutter until you starve?
Yeah, we also understand the concept of unicorns but that doesn't make them real.
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Old 08-03-2014, 07:18 PM
 
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OMG are you freaking kidding?

A free market would adequately house an additional 25,000 low-income residents - at densities not allowed under existing government supply controls.
Hey Freemkt, I found you a home, again!

$99/month or $13K

Sierra Blanca, Hudspeth County, Texas land for sale - 20 acres at LandWatch.com

Too much?
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$1250 for .11 acre?

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Old 08-03-2014, 07:19 PM
 
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I have never been forced to take a job and never been forced to stay at a job

??? You're independently wealthy and don't need to earn money in order to live? You're a subsidy kid living off other people (e.g. parents, girl/boyfriend)? You can get by just on government assistance?
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Old 08-03-2014, 07:21 PM
 
Location: No Mask For Me This Time, Either
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??? You're independently wealthy and don't need to earn money in order to live? You're a subsidy kid living off other people (e.g. parents, girl/boyfriend)? You can get by just on government assistance?
Or motivated enough to either find something better or make himself more marketable, thus earning a better wage or better working conditions elsewhere? What a concept!
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Old 08-03-2014, 07:23 PM
 
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Hmmm, I need something accessible to certain medical services, none of those places in Michigan would work for me.
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