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Originally Posted by look 171
so they will eventually grow up?  |
i hope so. wifey says we need to support the kids until they are 30. i said, i'm going for a drive.
seriously, we have serious economic problems we need to solve.
1. health care costs and entitlement spending will spike. how do we deal with that besides means testing social security? i think more seniors will get reverse mortgages to help out the kids and grandkids. the best health care spending is prevention. healthy seniors cost less, are happier and live much longer to help out with the grandkids. that's win-win for everyone. so less drugs and more healthy lifestyle education.
2. reconfiguring our households to accommodate multi-generation families. fact is kids stay at home, so why not build a wing of the house for them when they get married and have kids. pool childcare, meals, transportation, and take advantage of lower property taxes by adding on to grandparent's house to all live together instead of buying an expensive newer house in the suburbs with a long commute.
3. revive our service and crafts industry. we need to value and pay carpenters, plumbers, machinists, welders, and masons. quality and craftsmanship have been devalued by cheap, generic, ugly chinese imports. stop buying from ikea and walmart. pay the carpenter to make furniture. pay the mason to build a custom fireplace, or the blacksmith to make a gate. quality, hand-made things that last are less expensive in the long-run and more beloved and cherished. remember a time we used to pass down furniture, tools, fine china or silver to the next generation?
4. our trade agreements should be renegotiated. our import tariffs are too low for china and other countries. american beef, agricultural products, technology, and weapons should be worth a lot more. but free-trade has devalued our goods around the world.
in terms of this thread, it seems we have a generational divide. as porsche owners, we are all very lucky. so why not lay down our collective rhetoric sword and shields. it seems we are all in a us vs them mentality. what's better is to agree on what we disagree on, put that on a shelf, then focus on the areas, however small, we do agree on. then let's form a superpac and pressure our elected officials to do something. congress has left for recess. infighting is all our federal government can do. we don't pay them to do nothing.