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ErikJ

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16. You have to be a gambler to live in the US

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #12)

Sat Nov 24, 2012, 10:17 PM

Nov 2012

A gamble that you wont get very sick or injured and die or lose everything. 1 million people a year in the US declare bankruptcy from medical bills. It would be reasonable to move overseas just for their universal health care alone.

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Can�t find a job? Move overseas. [View all] ErikJ Nov 2012 OP

Welcome to Globalism Demeter Nov 2012 #1

Yeah a closed world is much more progressive than an open world. pampango Nov 2012 #8

You misunderstand Demeter Nov 2012 #9

Globalism is already in the first stages of "evolution". aletier_v Nov 2012 #15

I think I'd call it "De-evolution" Demeter Nov 2012 #17

Sounds exciting. Have to speak the language, I guess. Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #2

further down ErikJ Nov 2012 #4

It's just like American young to abandon their aging mothers. HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #3

lol Little Star Nov 2012 #5

I have a college friend who did just that bluestateguy Nov 2012 #6

I've had the TV on NatGeo watching Locked Up Abroad and ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2012 #7

Yeah, you don't know what you've got till it's gone Demeter Nov 2012 #10

One of my college friends went on a study program in Norway after graduation Lydia Leftcoast Nov 2012 #14

Regressive Banana Republic Corporate America Policies RainDog Nov 2012 #11

There is a name for this nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #12

You have to be a gambler to live in the US ErikJ Nov 2012 #16

Amen. This is No Country for Young Men(or Women). RagAss Nov 2012 #20

I have lived overseas on different ocassions. All I can say there is no place like home. southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #13

Or Bavaria tabasco Nov 2012 #19

Your so right. But in the end our families are back home. I would have no problem living southernyankeebelle Nov 2012 #21

the global dustbowl. unfortunately, things are tough all over. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #18