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These days with money being the reason for not being able to stay in your home. This Pinterest-worthy tiny home can run completely off the grid — and it costs almost nothing to maintain
sure if you get property that has no rights to services.
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For SpaceNut re #101
Thanks for finding and posting this report ...
By any chance, did you notice the freezing toilet?
I'd like to more more about that option. I assume ??? the frozen material is carried back to civilization for disposal?
If so, that's not ** quite ** "living off the grid".
On the ** other ** hand, it sure sounds like a good idea .... the land where the tiny home resides does not get contaminated if the waste is removed.
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Septic tanks are pumped and disposed of usually in sand pits that are near streams. They are then covered and allow to decay and become part of the soil creation system.
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Why are we not happy in a booming economy is due to 5 reasons of which I think are not something to be ignored.
5 Reasons Why Americans Aren’t Enthusiastic About A Thriving Economy
1. Housing costs are extremely high: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic sent the housing market into a spiral. Mortgage interest rates have gone sky high as the demand for homes has increased and rates still remain stubbornly high. Those who were locked into mortgages with low, pre-pandemic interest rates are more reluctant to move and sacrifice their low rates. This has led to a smaller available housing stock, which has driven up home prices. At the same time, rents have risen dramatically across the U.S. over the past few years. Inflation (and the demand for housing) have driven housing costs way up — and renters are feeling the pain, too.
2. Inflation is still rampant: It’s clear that the prices of so many things have gone up over the past few years. The costs associated with housing, groceries, utilities, dining out and more have all risen. While the unemployment rate is very low, only a small fraction of Americans are out of work even when unemployment rates are relatively high. Meanwhile, elevated levels of inflation affect everyone regardless of employment status, which continues to plague people’s finances. For Americans, the perception of a “good” economy is more often influenced by lower levels of inflation rather than a low unemployment rate.
3. People need to adjust from rapid economic change: The onset of the pandemic induced negative economic change that affected many people and industries across the U.S. Sudden job losses coupled with high levels of inflation were a huge shock. In fact, in May 2020, about 60 million people reported that they had been out of work in the preceding month because their employer had lost business or closed due to the pandemic. Housing prices — as well as the cost of food, energy, and rent — have all increased. Now that the economy is recovering, Americans seem to need more time to adjust to economic change going in the opposite direction.
4. There are high expectations: After many parts of the economy crashed at the onset of the pandemic, it has taken several years for the economy to turn around. Also, during the pandemic, the federal government provided Americans unprecedented financial support. There was a pause on all federally held student loan payments, millions of eligible Americans received thousands of dollars via stimulus payments, there was expanded federal aid to all unemployed workers, there were many tax breaks granted to parents, a federal moratorium on evictions was in place, and billions of dollars in aid was given to state and local governments. Now that many of these provisions have come to an end, Americans are adjusting to what it means to have a “good” economy.
5. The media hypes up bad news: Despite recent economic progress, the media tends to have a negativity bias which, in turn, affects how Americans perceive the state of the economy. There is a gap between how people feel about the economy overall versus their own personal financial situation, per The Atlantic. Continued negative hype about the economy can both worsen the gap and shape negative financial perceptions.
The items 1,2,3 are part of why but the wish versus desire in 4 and repeated reporting of 5 are what makes up the solving of the why. As it points to wanting more money and keeping up with those that have more.
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A city on Mars.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ8sZtg-Kdc
Why space colonisation is going to be tough. Wasn't sure where to put this. Climbing out of Poverty seems appropriate, because that is effectively what a Mars colony would be trying to do. Once you get past the wow factor, there isn't much that Mars has that a person or people can actually sell. In many ways it is a lot like trying to build a nation in Antarctica. But without breathable air and much more difficult and expensive to resupply.
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"Plan and prepare for every possibility, and you will never act. It is nobler to have courage as we stumble into half the things we fear than to analyse every possible obstacle and begin nothing. Great things are achieved by embracing great dangers."
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We know that we must treat the reason for why there is homelessness as well as the person that becomes that way. Giving help is only part of the solution to help financially. So, a support system for the individual must be created where many think this is socialism.
Republicans vote unanimously to ban basic income programs in a state with one of the highest homelessness rates despite Arizona grappling with the fourth-highest rate of homelessness in the nation.
Means a bigger problem is happening...
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The article is about the very title of this topic ... the bottom line is that this is a multi-generation process...
https://time.com/6969794/racial-wealth- … wtab-en-us
Poverty is a generational problem and it’s one that we can and should solve, but to do so will require holistic and generational approaches that fully take into account how wealth-building works.
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