Before 2004, I didn’t *have* any debt. At all.<\/p>\n
I suppose in some ways it’s good.. when I’ve paid it all off, I’ll have a record of having paid it all off, which will mean I can qualify for a car loan – which I will get, and then pay off the next day, so I can then qualify for a home loan – which, after I’ve saved for about two years, I’ll have enough for a down payment and $BANKING_SYSTEM will then own my soul.. wait a second, do I really want to do this…?<\/p>\n
I’m undecided about home “ownership”. Among other things, I wouldn’t actually own it until I’m 50, and in the meantime it would be one more thing for $THE_MAN to hold over my head. And even if I owned it outright, the government could decide they want to seize it – right now they only do that for drugs, but how long before they do it for saying the wrong things? I mean, yes, that’s paranoid, but..<\/p>\n
On the other hand, if I owned it, I could modify it to my tastes without worrying about a exact ‘undo’ procedure for when the landlord got it back. <\/p>\n
Third hand, though, I’d like a bigger house than I can ever afford in Orange County.. but I really like California..<\/p>\n
Hm. Maybe I’ll win the lotto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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