Mike Blom

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• If I can make a personal witness to those posters who feel you are judgmental; Consider that if you try a bit of “rough travel” you might find you like it, even needed it. As a working class American from the South I knew no one who did such things in those days. On a trip to Mexico with a vague idea to visit Chichen Itza and just looking for cheap accommodation I found myself surrounded by young backpackers from all over the world. They spoke multiple languages and had been to amazing places, traveling for months or years at a time, making a game of spending very little. My world seemed very small and I was hooked. It is inoculating against your fears to meet 18year old girls who have hitch hiked across Central America. I am more grateful and empathetic having witnessed real poverty. There is an indescribable feeling of freedom to have been away for a few months with no clear idea when or where the trip will end.

  Post: My Best Experiences

  Link to comment from September 23, 2023

• I suppose that middle class and small businesses that cheat are too unimaginative to write favorable tax code bills and hire teams of lawyers and lobbyists for their passage.

  Post: Exposing Themselves

  Link to comment from May 19, 2023

• You forgot tax shelter. Some states cap the amount property tax can go up.Florida limits annual increases in assessed value of property with Homestead Exemption to three percent or the change in the Consumer Price Index, whichever is lower. New buyers are assessed at current value. After a few years the difference can be substantial.

  Post: Step 7: Buy a House

  Link to comment from March 26, 2023