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  • LuFins DadL Offline
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    • AxtremusA Offline
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      @Jolly :

      He felt that too much money spoiled people.

      @Copper :

      Yes, money makes you stupid.

      Good arguments for progressive taxation, wealth tax, and estate tax! 👍 👍

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      • JollyJ Offline
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        Jolly
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        Don't let us stop you.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • AxtremusA Axtremus

          @Jolly :

          He felt that too much money spoiled people.

          @Copper :

          Yes, money makes you stupid.

          Good arguments for progressive taxation, wealth tax, and estate tax! 👍 👍

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          Copper
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          @Axtremus said in Parents Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives:

          @Jolly :

          He felt that too much money spoiled people.

          @Copper :

          Yes, money makes you stupid.

          Good arguments for progressive taxation, wealth tax, and estate tax! 👍 👍

          The effect of money on the government is even worse.

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          • HoraceH Offline
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            Yes rich governments are stupid.

            Education is extremely important.

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              @Axtremus said in Parents Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives:

              @Jolly :

              He felt that too much money spoiled people.

              @Copper :

              Yes, money makes you stupid.

              Good arguments for progressive taxation, wealth tax, and estate tax! 👍 👍

              The effect of money on the government is even worse.

              AxtremusA Offline
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              Axtremus
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              @Copper said in Parents Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives:

              @Axtremus said in Parents Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives:

              @Jolly :

              He felt that too much money spoiled people.

              @Copper :

              Yes, money makes you stupid.

              Good arguments for progressive taxation, wealth tax, and estate tax! 👍 👍

              The effect of money on the government is even worse.

              @Horace :

              Yes rich governments are stupid.

              Sound arguments for redistribution and deficit spending! 👍 👍

              Redistribution and deficit spending will prevent the money from accumulating in government coffers.

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                LuFins Dad
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                If people with money become too stupid, the problem fixes itself. If Governments with money become too stupid, the problem just compounds.

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                • AxtremusA Axtremus

                  @Jolly :

                  He felt that too much money spoiled people.

                  @Copper :

                  Yes, money makes you stupid.

                  Good arguments for progressive taxation, wealth tax, and estate tax! 👍 👍

                  MikM Offline
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                  @Axtremus said in Parents Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives:

                  @Jolly :

                  He felt that too much money spoiled people.

                  @Copper :

                  Yes, money makes you stupid.

                  Good arguments for progressive taxation, wealth tax, and estate tax! 👍 👍

                  Oh hell no. Good arguments for charitable contribution, not governmental confiscation.

                  "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                  • MikM Mik

                    Yes. It is good for them to not feel immediate affluence as young adults. Shes doing well at budgeting, even if she’s made a few choices i would not have her make.

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                    @Mik said in Parents Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives:

                    Yes. It is good for them to not feel immediate affluence as young adults. Shes doing well at budgeting, even if she’s made a few choices i would not have her make.

                    Thanks (and @Jolly too). I can’t imagine how hard it might be to see a mistake and let it play out without getting involved. Within reason of course.

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                    • MikM Offline
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                      Being a dad is really pretty easy compared to learning how to not be a dad.

                      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                        Texting several times a week is “Highly Involved?! FFS, what is wrong with this world.

                        And we’re surprised that parents and children that stay close as adults are generally happier and pleased? Again I ask, WTF?’

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                        @LuFins-Dad said in Parents Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives:

                        Texting several times a week is “Highly Involved?! FFS, what is wrong with this world.

                        And we’re surprised that parents and children that stay close as adults are generally happier and pleased? Again I ask, WTF?’

                        Relative to my generation. I didn’t know many people who talked to their parents several times a week when I was in my 20s.

                        Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                          @LuFins-Dad said in Parents Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives:

                          Texting several times a week is “Highly Involved?! FFS, what is wrong with this world.

                          And we’re surprised that parents and children that stay close as adults are generally happier and pleased? Again I ask, WTF?’

                          Relative to my generation. I didn’t know many people who talked to their parents several times a week when I was in my 20s.

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                          @jon-nyc said in Parents Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives:

                          @LuFins-Dad said in Parents Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives:

                          Texting several times a week is “Highly Involved?! FFS, what is wrong with this world.

                          And we’re surprised that parents and children that stay close as adults are generally happier and pleased? Again I ask, WTF?’

                          Relative to my generation. I didn’t know many people who talked to their parents several times a week when I was in my 20s.

                          And how did that work out?

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                            jon-nyc
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                            I’m fucking awesome.

                            Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                              Well...Right words, wrong order?

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                I didn’t talk to my parents that often when I was out of the house either. It was long distance and expensive. Plus we had a very different relationship.

                                "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                  Source: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kay-Axhausen/publication/228540313_Activity_Spaces_Biographies_Social_Networks_and_Their_Welfare_Gains_and_Externalities_Some_Hypotheses_and_Empirical_Results/links/004635199ca570f4cb000000/Activity-Spaces-Biographies-Social-Networks-and-Their-Welfare-Gains-and-Externalities-Some-Hypotheses-and-Empirical-Results.pdf

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                                  • MikM Offline
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                                    Mik
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                                    What point are you trying to make?

                                    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                    • MikM Mik

                                      What point are you trying to make?

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                                      @Mik said in Parents Highly Involved in Their Adult Children’s Lives:

                                      What point are you trying to make?

                                      Cheaper to call Mom & Dad?

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        Data support for what some of you suggest: Cost of communication comes down, so people (including parents and adult children) communicate more.

                                        I was curious if there was a single event that caused the cost of communication to drop suddenly (e.g., deregulation or the introduction of a technology), but it seems the curve has been pretty smooth since the 1960#.

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                                          It is now. Long distance is so 20th century. But when I was running my company out of my house I normally had $200+ monthly phone bills.

                                          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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