Originally Posted By: sonicfox
It takes many people 30 years to pay off their mortgage too. Probably not relevant to the topic...just sayin'.


That's a really great perspective, Mary. Not many people would say going into debt to buy a house is an outrageous expenditure.

The one this I've learned from this forum is that there is a healthy diversity of political and social opinion. Even though I disagree with many opinions, hearing them makes me think and often evaluate my own POV.