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my experience was that, economically, married vs. single-but-cohabitating was about the same... until we bought a house. our mortgage is more than double what we paid in rent before, therefore much less cash floating around. of course, now that it is so common (and easy) for two non-married employed people to purchase a house together, this issue will likely spread to the non-married. one thing that neither article mentioned was the international marriage phenomenon. the thing that finally tipped the balance for us to tie the knot wasn't economic, or moral, or family/societal approval, but simply that it radically simplified obtaining my wife's green card. we'd already been living together for several year at that point, so it wasn't really a traumatic decision. as our society becomes much more mobile, this has become more common - I personally know seven couples who have gotten married primarily to simplify the immigration process. i'm not speaking here about fraudulent marriages, rather about committed couples in legitimate relationships who would not otherwise have felt compelled to get hitched if it weren't for hassles with the INS. I see no diffrence inthis than people getting married to simplify insurance forms.... baking.... you name it. I am not saying it is right or wrong.. just commen

my sentament exactly

I am too tierd of being yelled at to be that mad

that elvish rope is pretty cool shit though, HUH??

I need to climb out side SOOOOOOONNNNNN! I wan to climb cracks, I want to feel the mud and the basalt... I WANT TO CLIMB IN THE GORGE

TOTALY I feel your pain

I hate mean people that call and yell at me for things I CAN"T DO ANYTHING ABOUT

I totaly agree, and I broke my foot playing dodge ball

YOU ARE A GOOD MAN

YAY DUDE you are sooooo LUCKY

MAN I HAD FUN AS A KID

RIGHT ON

werd. mostly. i think i can buy healthy and tasty food for cheap. but it will take time to cook it. with fast food you pay for convenience mostly. i go to taco shops for my fast food and i think it is healthy. fresh cooked cow or pig and onion and cilantro on a tortilla with a pickled jalapeno and squeeze of lime for one dollar. i am drooling just thinking about it. btw: mcdonalds restaurants lose money with the dollar menu shizzle. the franchise owners hate that. I read an interesting Newsweek article that mentions inner city food choices. Although there is a McD on every corner, there are few grocery stores and often they carry poor produce and little choice. Katsup counts as a veggie

in the club room

March I am there ready to project something... NEED TO CLIMB HARD and see what I have left... FUCKING WINTER

you know i'm a big fan of muffy. what i was wondering is where she pulled the specific 3% number. if there was a credible source behind a number that low, i'd go out of my way to find it and study up a bit. i've assumed that much like our state sales tax basic necessities such as groceries would be exempt so that it would not result in an undue burden on those with less. honestly I can't remember. I read a resurch thing some where a million years ago that sugested that we have an income tax of 3% and that taxing start at the 30,000$ a year range. I don't know if it is POSSIBLE to make it work I am not an economist. I just like the sound of it. I think that ( as I have said before) political work should not be a way to GET RICH.

muffy just thinks everything should be SIMPLE cause I hate having to pay a stupid accountant

I WILL be looking at this when I GET HOME it better be good too

Mmmmm OK, we'll just get Santa Claus, Peter Pan, Enron and the Japanese to pick up the other 90% of the tab. BUDGET

DOOOOOOD ME TOOO

ya but it is time for a new generation. the cool kids will be diffrent. younger more HEP. those of us who choose to will keep in contact.

ANY ANY TIME well I just think that things are changing I just don't think it is bad, just diffrent