Why? You can’t change high maintenance.

 

who cares? Now let’s see that wife pic already!

 

I can tell I would enjoy flying a trip with everyone who has made a comment - you guys are great. I would never post a picture, but you’ll just have to take my biased word on whether or not she’s a looker.

Her argument is family - and I get it. It may sound bad, but I’m more concerned about MY immediate family and quality of life during the 340 days of the year that we are together rather than the maybe 25 days a year we actually see cousins, nieces and nephews. That 25 days will inevitably shrink as the family gets older and swimming, soccer, dance - whatever, takes precedence, as well as friends. In my opinion, as a person who has had a job since Junior High without a break in service to pay for everything from bikes, clothes, college, pilots licenses, etc., I put value on hard money earned being saved. Maybe that skews my view? Maybe not.

She is frugal, but wants a final home and is willing to overextend to get it - seeming to not place importance on daily expenses and impending high student debt coming due. My only debt is a car, and would like to limit it to that and a mortgage that is affordable. And not give literally 50% of my wages to teacher pensions. It’s not an exaggeration for those who aren’t familiar with IL taxes. It’s a joke.

 

Those who don’t live in Illinois, or have not researched it, may believe your comment about teacher pensions is hyperbole, and perhaps it is SLIGHTLY. But the reality is pretty bad.


https://www.illinoispolicy.org/repor...ension-crisis/

 

If they got rid of the pensions tomorrow, the taxes would remain the same. They'd spend it on something else.

 

im happy I bought in Houston, Kemah/Clearlake, waterfront, Galveston Bay...... Beaches and a :45 min drive to work.
My neighbor was an Apollo Astronaut.....yeah it really sucks!

 

Pm sent,
https://mountaincapital.us/

 

yeah, but at least they would HAVE something else. When 25% of your current taxes are ALREADY going to fund LEGACY pension costs and you are cutting back on police and fire on duty TODAY because of it, and when that is STILL not keeping up and you are going to have to increase the amount in future years, and you are STILL falling further and further behind, and that doesn’t even count the fact that there are more people in the pension pipeline now that the tax base is going to have to cover, while you have a declining population of people in general and taxpayers in particular who will be paying those taxes...

They are building what the tactical aviation community calls a ‘square corner’ and don’t have anywhere near the thrust they need to avoid hitting the terrain.


https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illin...ng-the-decade/