homeless bunker bike horde

Several years along the SART in Yorba Linda while riding by bike to Coal Canyon, I stopped to talk to a hobo. I had seen him before. He was riding a bike and every spoke on both wheels was made out of 2 broken spokes twisted together. He had done a good job and worked well. I don't know how he got into his situation but he did not seem like a bad person at all. He did not ask me for anything. About six months later I saw a story in the news he had been murdered by a serial killer on the SART.
 
Yes the homeless are cannon fodder for the homeless druggie. It is a pecking order out there just as there is in here, the other world. It is interesting, they community has a code, just like the headulants of the 80's and the bro's of today. They all recognize each other and exchange silent greetings. But the more aggressive take advantage of the meek everyday in their world. Silent greatings only go so far and taking stuff from the lesser members of their community is the norm. It is really a very harsh environment to live in, and oh so very sad. But they would not have it any other way. Just a byproduct of our free society, they do not like our rules and in so live on the fringe.
Happy homeless trail camping in our communites backyard.
 
pperrelle said:
Just curious how this would work since the tax rate never exceeds 100% of your income at any level? Do you have deductions that would be deductible since they would exceed the percentage of AGI with the lower income level or would you benefit from deductions that are phased out at the higher income levels? Does AMT have an impact here? I think you’re in finance so I am truly interested in your take. I’ve looked at the same scenario and while taking away one income would lower the % of income we’d pay in taxes, out net would always be lower.
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Sorry I was a bit vague, I was factoring in paying for a nanny while my wife is at work. Combine that with a lower tax bracket and we’d potentially be saving a little coin each month while having the luxury of Mom being home with the kids instead of someone else. Heck, we could probably even get rid of the house cleaner (don’t tell my wife I said that though!)

It is frustrating to have more % of income deducted the more successful you become. Then again taxes have been the source of much frustration throughout history and that won’t change.
 
pperrelle said:
Good point. We’re empty nesters so I haven’t had to consider child care costs for a looooong time. We just wrote our last college tuition check a few months ago as well and it feels like we both got raises. :)
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If you are at the point where this makes financial sense, you would be better off buying a dwelling in Nevada and changing your state of residency. If you are smart about it, you could own a 2nd property and run positive cash flow while doing it. Ever wonder why you see so many cars driving around with Nevada plates?
 
Cornholio said:
Sorry I was a bit vague, I was factoring in paying for a nanny while my wife is at work. Combine that with a lower tax bracket and we’d potentially be saving a little coin each month while having the luxury of Mom being home with the kids instead of someone else. Heck, we could probably even get rid of the house cleaner (don’t tell my wife I said that though!)
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I highly recommend that approach - NOT paying a nanny, and raising your beautiful kiddo with her own parent(s) or grandparent if feasible. We were fortunate to have mom at home 3-5 days a week, and only paid for childcare on days when she couldn't be home - and that help was a family friend. I don't claim to be an expert in any way, and I only have the one child, but it seems to me that being raised by a consistent family member lends to a sense of calm and caring that you can't get from day-care, pre-school or a nanny. I think it also helped my daughter's language acquisition, reading, spelling, counting and awareness since the focus was on raising the child and not just basic maintenance.
 
Rode through the other day..
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Got a homeless "home" set up in the middle of the single track forested ride up to the trailhead off of Hacienda Bl. that heads east towards Powder Cyn eventually. Been there for 3 or 4 weeks. Creepy set up made me think crazy like "the hills have eyes" or something, but the cat was never there, even crack of dawn early. But his sleeping rig is always placed just so - right in the middle of the trail - so you either run it over or go up off trail and around. And the strung out display of debris/personal belongings including some cups of what I figure are piss all set up like it is staged for bizarreness.

Anyways, this AM, there's the odd fellow ambling down the trail towards me, going full ramble with the obviously well thought-out non-sequitur mania stream of altered consciousness, and me alone with no where to bail, and no clue to his degree of whateverness. Turned out to be affable, seemingly well spoken, if on another planet, he had me going with Sidney Poitier is Adam from the Bible, like Garden of Eden Adam, and he met him in Australia and can attest to it all. Had a magazine back at his camp which documents the whole tale that never ends and me unable to get a word in and needing to get way to close to get by and on my way. Get he just needed a little human contact - someone to talk at. So, got it, I'll check out the magazine as I go by but really need to get going as I have a long ways to ride still. Didn't hit me up for money or try to steal my bike or go off on me for my disbelieving ways. Just high on tangled synapses and on his way to wherever he hangs during daylight.

Sure enough, the magazine with Sidney Poitier on the cover was right there by his bedside. I didn't take him up on the generous offer to stop by and read it, but... hmmm... Sidney Poitier - Sydney Australia.... could be something there. Just can't quit make the Adam connection yet. But I did find out that there are too many people and Jesus can no longer take any more. So there's that.
 
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Ok! Over 200,000! That is 200,000 Puerto Rican people have arrived in Florida in just two months from the hurricane! Back to square one X 200,000 ,unless that figure has been down played. Oh yah, we never moved to square two. Now what?
 
hill^billy said:
Ok! Over 200,000! That is 200,000 Puerto Rican people have arrived in Florida in just two months from the hurricane! Back to square one X 200,000 ,unless that figure has been down played. Oh yah, we never moved to square two. Now what?
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Have Florida put up a "Closed" sign?

Give them the extra Chinese bikes and tell them to pedal?
 
No easy answers for homeless people. Train 'em and make them work. Yeah. that's possible for you and I...
there was a family of four living in the back of a ware house... the owner saw that there was a little girl and boy with the family... boy was about 10 years old. The owner offered the dad a job... helped him find a place to live... the family was real greatful.. and the father worked for the owner for over 20 years...
family no longer homeless... son grew up .. never learned to read, got into meth ... not sure if szichzo came from meth or he started taking meth b/c of szichzoprenia (??) .. son, a ruined life...
its good to help others... its good to help yourself...
sometimes there is no solution...
 
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