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I understand your concerns, and many share them. However, stability is an illusion. Everything changes, and more often than not, that's a good thing. Healthcar

by jll29 5y ago

I understand your concerns, and many share them. However, stability is an illusion. Everything changes, and more often than not, that's a good thing. Healthcare is important, everyone deserves that, kid or not. - Europe has that figured out more so than the (richer) US. But you don't need a massive house to raise two kids (although a bit of garden would help). I'd say to wait for a state that you could call "stability" may be imply a wait until it's too late; your decision making should incorporate other factors such as your biological age, your levels of energy and support potentially available from grandparents where still applicable. If you map all of these out over time, you will see that while jon stability may or may not improve most other facctors will worsen irreversibly.

nine_zeros 5y ago
I think there is are different kinds of stability. The problem in America is the rat race never ends and that it is FAR TOO EASY to lose your hard earned wealth. Lawsuits, divorce, healthcare costs, daycare, tutoring all suck money away very quickly. Furthermore, laws are set up in a way that can take away your earning potential. A small criminal records from 20 years ago can affect your career at a private business. A loss of drivers license will impede you from getting to work. A health issue will get you disability and FMLA but set you behind in the corporate rat race so fast that you will regret it. In America, the fall is precipitous. You could have been a model citizen for 40 years of your life. But only one slip up (say a critical health diagnosis) and you are on the slippery slope down. This, as opposed to Asian countries which have a free market and yet, the fall is not precipitous. In most other countries, if you have been a model citizen for 40 years, it's very hard for your life to fall apart.

by jll29 5y ago

nine_zeros 5y ago

I think there is are different kinds of stability. The problem in America is the rat race never ends and that it is FAR TOO EASY to lose your hard earned wealth. Lawsuits, divorce, healthcare costs, daycare, tutoring all suck money away very quickly. Furthermore, laws are set up in a way that can take away your earning potential. A small criminal records from 20 years ago can affect your career at a private business. A loss of drivers license will impede you from getting to work. A health issue will get you disability and FMLA but set you behind in the corporate rat race so fast that you will regret it. In America, the fall is precipitous. You could have been a model citizen for 40 years of your life. But only one slip up (say a critical health diagnosis) and you are on the slippery slope down. This, as opposed to Asian countries which have a free market and yet, the fall is not precipitous. In most other countries, if you have been a model citizen for 40 years, it's very hard for your life to fall apart.