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In reply to the discussion: DU is not representative of America any more [View all]Bohunk68
(1,364 posts)10 years and just started posting this past year. It would seem that by the time I read the threads that most of what I thought was already posted. However, that being said, I don't think DU has ever been representative of the country as a whole. I think we have been to the left of the general population, especially where I live in Upstate NY near Albany. Maybe it's just living out here int he country where folks are usually towards the conservative side. I have lived through Rotten Ronnie and Der Chimp. I lived through Nixon and the inflation. Now retired, I worry about making the taxes on my property and having a house to live in, because on my SS I couldn't afford an apartment. My mortgage got paid off when my partner died, it was more of an advantage than leaving it in a mutual fund (Thrivent). And now, what is left in that fund has to go for back taxes. It is time to go for a reverse mortgage just to be able to keep the property taxes at bay. That will get me about 20 years worth of taxes, if I live that long. But, it is difficult to live on just $799 a month. If I got someone to live with, then it would create problems with Medicaid and HEAP. Don't tell me that those of us at the bottom of the ladder don't pay taxes. Fuck the Cons and the horse they rode in on, maybe we can get a railroad tie and run the bastids out of town. Hit the chicken coop for feathers.