re: #136 Renaissance_Man

That’s definitely true. With grown kids it’s probably a better situation than trying to raise a family here for sure.

Thats for sure,

We (all taxpayers) contribute to medicare here, private insurance is optional.
Education is almost covered by taxes too, at least in public education.

Costs come when your kids go to university, but even then you do not have to pay upfront. You pay it back when you are earning over a certain amount each year, and the interest is minimal compared to personal type loans.

Australia is a great country, a wonderful country. I’m Aussie through and through.

But I feel the need to travel in the states, spend time traveling there. Meet the people, enjoy the different cultures.
The USA has much to be proud of. I understand it has suffered tremendously this last crash, we were relatively lucky, we seemed to escape the bullet for the most part.

However, our money is derived through natural resources, we will have to change, and we seem blind to it.

Im hoping green technology will be the boom aver the next 40 years that computers and IT have over the last 40 years.

I also believe we need visionaries to lead us.
Last but not least, I do believe the government can help make it happen…

Food time.