"I just don't want to work"

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Registered: 09-13-2007
"I just don't want to work"
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Tue, 10-09-2007 - 10:06pm

Hi all... I'm new to the board and I am curious.


I am in my mid twenties, unmarried, no children. I work in an extremely competitive field with many other women my age. Many of us are making six figures and the job is very stressful. We all have a great work ethic, but sometimes when the stress gets really bad, I'll often hear the girls (never the guys) saying things like "Arrgghh... I'm so sick of work. I just want to marry a rich man, have kids, stay home and NOT WORK."....... I was raised by two working parents (two very loving, caring hardworking parents). My mother was very successful in her career, and I feel that when I get married, I will (like my mom) continue to work and raise children at the same time (my mom was definitely "super mom" ---she did it all and was great!)...... My main question: many of the women in my work stay in the position for about 5-7 years and then leave.....the funny thing is...

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Tue, 10-30-2007 - 5:29pm

I'm sure there are people who don't think about the increase, but ARMS are still

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Registered: 11-22-2000
Tue, 10-30-2007 - 5:53pm

You don't have The Bathroom Rule?


Ever since he was about


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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 10-30-2007 - 6:00pm
Maybe not where you are, but they are here. They are capped by some formula involving the amount the tax was the previous year plus inflation and population.

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Tue, 10-30-2007 - 6:11pm
Naturopaths and moms with high speed internet access
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Registered: 08-08-2006
Tue, 10-30-2007 - 6:46pm

This is my problem with Prop 13. Voters needed property tax relief, of that I have no doubt. But Howard Jarvis could never be mistaken for an economist, just a real good populist. There were, and still are, much sounder financial means of making property taxes more equitable even in a market as complicated as California.

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Registered: 09-05-2007
Tue, 10-30-2007 - 6:55pm
If homes are selling what you two are calling "above market value"... then that IS the new market value. That's what market value MEANS. And yes, prop 13 is exclusive to CA, but it was passed into law in 1978 so it has little to do with mortgage rates, now or then.
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Registered: 09-05-2007
Tue, 10-30-2007 - 6:58pm
Until next year. Then it does.
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Registered: 09-05-2007
Tue, 10-30-2007 - 7:01pm
When you live close enough to the "salad bowl" (like she and I do) Farmer's Markets are really inexpensive.
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Tue, 10-30-2007 - 7:04pm
But
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Registered: 09-05-2007
Tue, 10-30-2007 - 7:10pm
Besides that, it makes no sense to look at real estate in the short run. Most people stay in homes for longer than 2 years, and I would say that over *any* 5 year period in CA, there is a net increase in value of property.

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