AfterTheRocket

"First-time home buying plunges to record low as baby boomers prevent younger Americans from ever owning," per NYP.

At 27 you know what you're signing. Enjoy the ride

If, after a fair trial, we applied the death penalty quickly, consistently, and publicly to murderers, the “temperature” would go down real quick. “Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.” Ecclesiastes 8:11

This post is an excellent litmus test for understanding of just war theory. Despite the fact that I can see how effective this would be, I must oppose it because the damage it would do to my enemy (who bashes in my mailbox) would far outweigh the good of saving my mailbox. Its disproportionality is opposed by our duty in charity (and even justice) to watch out even for the good of our enemies. (Yes, by the way, I have had my mailbox bashed in by random vandals.)

There was a massive DOJ study done decades ago that among people in Federal custody, the single trait career criminals had most in common was that they had all gotten caught as a teenager and the case resolved in a way that left them feeling like they 'got away with it.' More in common than race, than marital status of parents, than bullying, than presence of a father. It was *the* issue.

This post is an excellent litmus test for understanding of just war theory. Despite the fact that I can see how effective this would be, I must oppose it because the damage it would do to my enemy (who bashes in my mailbox) would far outweigh the good of saving my mailbox. Its disproportionality is opposed by our duty in charity (and even justice) to watch out even for the good of our enemies. (Yes, by the way, I have had my mailbox bashed in by random vandals.)

This post is an excellent litmus test for understanding of just war theory. Despite the fact that I can see how effective this would be, I must oppose it because the damage it would do to my enemy (who bashes in my mailbox) would far outweigh the good of saving my mailbox. Its disproportionality is opposed by our duty in charity (and even justice) to watch out even for the good of our enemies. (Yes, by the way, I have had my mailbox bashed in by random vandals.)

People who have lived in the country understand this!

John Stossel proposes that we are all wrong. He says it wasn't all wonderful back in the 1950s and 60s. “Once, families could own a home & send their kids to college on one income. But the homes were smaller." Is the issue a lack of small and cheap houses? Has the average home become too luxurious? I see tons a lousy small older houses still around in Florida. They look horrible and still cost $300,000. The cost of university is WAY more expensive. The inflation has gone up way faster than incomes.