elindbe3

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by elindbe3 6y ago
Its actually quite amazing, given those numbers, that things actually work in Norway. From what you're describing, somehow 1/2 of the working age population is able to support the other half of the working and a sizeable non work
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by elindbe3 6y ago
No, there are fixed and variable rate mortgages.
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by elindbe3 6y ago
Someone who can only lend at negative real interest rates and/or projects negative market growth.
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by elindbe3 6y ago
A poorly executed conspiracy is still a conspiracy.
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by elindbe3 6y ago
So they can just ignore the advice in the article if it doesn't apply to them. What's your point? People should only write articles from the perspective of extreme poverty?
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by elindbe3 6y ago
So that college students can freely break the rules? I like that idea.
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by elindbe3 6y ago
Actually if you look at wealth inequality, the Gini coefficient is higher for the Netherlands and Sweden than for the US. Denmark is pretty close as well. The benefits these countries have is the better life for people at the bottom and l
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by elindbe3 6y ago
Its the exact same in the US. Definitely a false dichotomy between $100 steak and "fast-food steak".
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by elindbe3 6y ago
The poverty line is a general guideline. It doesn't take into account particular circumstances.
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by elindbe3 6y ago
I'd prefer not to have to keep making the "life or death" argument but people continually bring it up, probably to try to conflate it with the question of "should you be able to live comfortably without working?" I
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by elindbe3 6y ago
Buy a one way ticket to Southern California, buy a tent and apply for SNAP and Medicaid.
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by elindbe3 6y ago
At least if we're talking about the US (and probably EU as well), it isn't the choice between life and death. Anyone can go be homeless in California and get a couple hundred a month in food stamps and medicaid. Or panhandle a f