Comments on: Teetering on the Precipice https://passionatemeanderings.org Exploring Life, Learning, & Relationships in Our Complex World Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:09:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jeff Bloom https://passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home/articles/focal-theme-political-index-page/teetering-on-the-precipice/#comment-48 Sun, 06 Oct 2024 04:24:14 +0000 https://passionatemeanderings.org/?page_id=1677#comment-48 In reply to Ed Marston.

Ed, we also know a lot of stuck and strained people. Although are only debt is a small mortgage, the downturn in 2019/2020 is going to create a very bumpy ride in a few years. It wouldn’t be such a big deal, but our youngest son is chronically ill and disabled. He lives on his own, but we have to put in daily support, and a large amount of money (which is about as much as the money that will disappear in a few years). One might think that having a professional career would provide a nice cushion for retirement, but not so for far too many people with professional careers… in business and academia.

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By: Ed Marston https://passionatemeanderings.org/welcome-home/articles/focal-theme-political-index-page/teetering-on-the-precipice/#comment-47 Sat, 05 Oct 2024 19:17:49 +0000 https://passionatemeanderings.org/?page_id=1677#comment-47 a lot of people I know are “stuck” – often for economic reasons. A few actually live in the “company house”, ie they’re employed as landscapers and live in a house on the boss’s property – which is literal serfdom. Others less obvious examples of “stuckness” are those who live in situations they can’t get out of but usually there’s an economic basis to that – credit card debt is a big factor. As for me, my wife makes a point of paying things off and being debt-free. Monthly bills, yes but no mortgage and no credit card debt, we own property but it’s paid for entire. I work full-time as an artist since I’m retired from my former work as Carpentry/Painting contractor. Only those who are well-enough off can afford to be an Artist, there are no “starving artists” because those all work at something else.

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