Tag: money
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Inside Illinois's Budget Collapse
A Metafilter member rants about the budget crisis in Illinois: Would you like to know if I have opinions? I HAVE A LOT OF OPINIONS. Actually I’m kind-of rage-choking on them. The basic situation is, the governor has now passed TWO constitutionally-mandated budget deadlines without bothering to present a budget for the legislature to vote […]
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The Economics of Med School Debt
“Think about writing a check for $5000, every month, for 12 years.”
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Pushing Crumbs Around in The Sharing Economy
“They want us focused on pushing our crumbs around our plate that we don’t notice who the hell has most of the pie to begin with.”
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The Difference Between Frugal and Hoarding
“I don’t think frugality is about not spending, it’s about not wasting.”
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Why the Banks Don't Give a Shit About Bitcoin
“Here is simple flowchart to tell what’s on a banks mind.”
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London's Rotting Derelict Mansions
London’s rotting derelict mansions sit empty and unoccupied – and untaxed.
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Stay in the Popemobile
“You can’t start talking like this and not piss off some crazy powerful people.”
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Hard Work, Gumption and Bootstraps?
Commenter on Metafter: “Why are all newspaper comments turning into Free Republic? If you buy into the idea that anyone can make it in the US with HARD WORK and GUMPTION and BOOTSTRAPS, that turns poverty into a moral issue and the poor can be safely judged as inferior human beings because if they wanted […]