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Old 02-21-2019, 09:17 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Oklazona Bound View Post
We could do that but with the increasing partisanship only one or the other will happen. So now we just get tax cuts and if the DEMS take over the white house and both branches of congress we may get child care but along with it tax increases. We need leadership in Washington that is actually interested in the common good but instead we are increasingly electing those who are simply good at attacking the other side.
The tax cuts didn't spur the economy.
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Old 02-21-2019, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Living rent free in your head
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So you don't want to make the sacrifice to move to the exurbs in order to afford children? Taxpayers should chip in for your daycare costs so you can afford to live closer in and still have children?

I wanted to buy a house, but I couldn't afford it in the close-in neighborhood I was renting. My choice was to either continue renting close-in or buy 20 miles out. I chose the latter, even with the godawful commute. So you can make the same type of choice - continue living close-in while childless, or move 20 miles out where you can afford to raise a child.
I don't think he was asking anyone to pay for anything, he simply stated his views; that he would not endure a commute in order to have children.
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Old 02-21-2019, 09:18 AM
 
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All you need to do is look at Clinton's 2016 presidential, she had heavy hitters like Goldman Sachs and hundreds of millions of dollars from the richest of the rich donating to her campaign. I think Trump's campaign had less than half the amount Hilary had.
They knew they didn't have to buy Trump. He was already one of them.
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Old 02-21-2019, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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Then be a hipster doggie dad.

Tickin' off all the boxes.
I'm not a hipster, I'm a truck driver, I don't run in that circle (and think they're weird myself)
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Old 02-21-2019, 09:19 AM
 
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It came down to the vote of one person, John McCain, who hated Trump with every fiber of his being.
And all Trump had to have done was not act like a third grader and it wouldn't have happened.
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Old 02-21-2019, 09:19 AM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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I don't think he was asking anyone to pay for anything, he simply stated his views; that he would not endure a commute in order to have children.
Exactly^

All this talk of sacrifice. My parents didn't have to sacrifice when I was a baby, and they didn't make huge money either. Things have gotten harder and more expensive
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Old 02-21-2019, 09:21 AM
 
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But there is control within an insurance pool. High risk people should be paying more. Versus a socialist situation where it is open to all, regardless of the risk factors.
Introduce a program like that. It has to remain affordable though. All the same, it is still socializing your health care costs. It seems you are saying that a socialist program is OK as long as certain people are socialized just a bit more.
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Old 02-21-2019, 09:26 AM
 
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I'm not a hipster, I'm a truck driver, I don't run in that circle (and think they're weird myself)
As a truck driver don't you have the option of living in different places? Isn't your whole job commuting of a sort? Truck drivers are in demand, seems you could have a lot of choices. You may have to be on the road more. Fiance is marrying a driver so must know that sometimes means not a normal 9-5 life. If you are genX- not young or old, now would be the time to maximize earnings by working as much as you can.
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Old 02-21-2019, 09:28 AM
 
Location: Live:Downtown Phoenix, AZ/Work:Greater Los Angeles, CA
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As a truck driver don't you have the option of living in different places? Isn't your whole job commuting of a sort? Truck drivers are in demand, seems you could have a lot of choices. You may have to be on the road more. Fiance is marrying a driver so must know that sometimes means not a normal 9-5 life. If you are genX- not young or old, now would be the time to maximize earnings by working as much as you can.
I'm a local driver, not OTR. So I have to commute to the yard every day I work. And I hated OTR driving, being away 2-4 weeks at a time, having to sleep in the f-ing truck, weigh stations, only crappy truck stop food, $13 for a shower (no joke). Once I get promoted at my current job and join the Teamsters Union, things will get better for me. $85k/year plus pension once I do
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Old 02-21-2019, 09:28 AM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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As a truck driver don't you have the option of living in different places? Isn't your whole job commuting of a sort? Truck drivers are in demand, seems you could have a lot of choices. You may have to be on the road more. Fiance is marrying a driver so must know that sometimes means not a normal 9-5 life. If you are genX- not young or old, now would be the time to maximize earnings by working as much as you can.
He only drives local. He refuses to take a higher-paying OTR job, and whines that he doesn't think he's earning enough.
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