Comments on: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/06/22/turning-around-the-unsustainable-american-dream/ Green and Natural Parenting Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tiffany http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/06/22/turning-around-the-unsustainable-american-dream/#comment-12492 Tiffany Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:57:35 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=2990#comment-12492 Rebekka, I explained how the housing bubble burst in Arizona and it had nothing to do with houses for poor people. It was all about inflated loans and paying more than a house was worth. You are off base. Rebekka, I explained how the housing bubble burst in Arizona and it had nothing to do with houses for poor people. It was all about inflated loans and paying more than a house was worth. You are off base.

]]> By: Rebekka http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/06/22/turning-around-the-unsustainable-american-dream/#comment-12491 Rebekka Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:11:02 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=2990#comment-12491 Also the bubble burst because the government was giving loans to people for houses they couldn't afford...yeah let's give those people more power over our lives..smart. Also the bubble burst because the government was giving loans to people for houses they couldn’t afford…yeah let’s give those people more power over our lives..smart.

]]> By: Rebekka http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/06/22/turning-around-the-unsustainable-american-dream/#comment-12490 Rebekka Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:09:10 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=2990#comment-12490 You want universal healthcare now until you have a son born with a deformity and the doctors just put a stitch or a band-aid on it and send you home because they have no incentive to be the best. Just going with whatever is cheapest. The more we rely on government the less freedom we have. Why can't people understand that? You want universal healthcare now until you have a son born with a deformity and the doctors just put a stitch or a band-aid on it and send you home because they have no incentive to be the best. Just going with whatever is cheapest. The more we rely on government the less freedom we have. Why can’t people understand that?

]]> By: erin http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/06/22/turning-around-the-unsustainable-american-dream/#comment-12489 erin Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:37:46 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=2990#comment-12489 i know that you wrote this post some time ago, but have just read it for the first time. Last night, I was watching a house hunting show, taking place in Europe. Having lived overseas and stayed with friends in numerous European friends, i wasn't surprised when the people said things like, "what a spacious living room". The fact is that most N.Americans looking at that same house, would say that 'Oh, it's too small". Somehow, we have a mindset of deserving big and perfect. i know that you wrote this post some time ago, but have just read it for the first time. Last night, I was watching a house hunting show, taking place in Europe. Having lived overseas and stayed with friends in numerous European friends, i wasn’t surprised when the people said things like, “what a spacious living room”. The fact is that most N.Americans looking at that same house, would say that ‘Oh, it’s too small”. Somehow, we have a mindset of deserving big and perfect.

]]> By: Nadine http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/06/22/turning-around-the-unsustainable-american-dream/#comment-12488 Nadine Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:34:23 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=2990#comment-12488 I often drive past the sprawl of subdivisions in the metro Chicago area and wonder "wow- who is really affording those home that start in the low- 400s?" Where are those jobs? "Old Money" my husband would say. Nowadays we can drive past those same subdivions with more for-sale and foreclosure signs than actual families occupying them. I'll keep my quaint 1,000 square foot ranch thank you! I often drive past the sprawl of subdivisions in the metro Chicago area and wonder “wow- who is really affording those home that start in the low- 400s?” Where are those jobs? “Old Money” my husband would say. Nowadays we can drive past those same subdivions with more for-sale and foreclosure signs than actual families occupying them. I’ll keep my quaint 1,000 square foot ranch thank you!

]]> By: Melissa M. http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/06/22/turning-around-the-unsustainable-american-dream/#comment-12487 Melissa M. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:54:47 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=2990#comment-12487 Thumbs up review, Tiffany! Thumbs up review, Tiffany!

]]> By: Stephanie - Green SAHM http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/06/22/turning-around-the-unsustainable-american-dream/#comment-12486 Stephanie - Green SAHM Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:31:20 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=2990#comment-12486 Great ideas. I'm especially a fan of doing something about health care. It's ridiculous how it's run in this country. I'm also glad we didn't get a house during these past few years. It would have been nice if my husband and I would have known to spend the money on a condo when we first married, as those went up obscenely here, and with the growth of our family we probably could have gone up to a house without too much trouble just due to how fast condo prices rose. But without that, I'm very glad to not be dealing with a home that's suddenly worth less than I paid for it. Great ideas. I’m especially a fan of doing something about health care. It’s ridiculous how it’s run in this country.

I’m also glad we didn’t get a house during these past few years. It would have been nice if my husband and I would have known to spend the money on a condo when we first married, as those went up obscenely here, and with the growth of our family we probably could have gone up to a house without too much trouble just due to how fast condo prices rose. But without that, I’m very glad to not be dealing with a home that’s suddenly worth less than I paid for it.

]]> By: Sara http://naturemoms.com/blog/2009/06/22/turning-around-the-unsustainable-american-dream/#comment-12485 Sara Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:41:45 +0000 http://www.naturemoms.com/blog/?p=2990#comment-12485 I love all of those ideas and have advocated for them for years!! I love all of those ideas and have advocated for them for years!!

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