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  1. “When you want to drain your emotion out of the discussion, let me know, and then I’ll respond.”

    BTW benson, you crack me up. You’ve just admitted that your engineering degree from the finest engineering school in the country (Cooper Union) is just about worthless. You’re switching from a company that can make things to a career in paper-pushing.

    Don’t kid yourself that I was talking to you about abortion, I was just talking.

    And you don’t get what’s really class warfare. You’re a victim of it, along with so many of the working classes that hate the very president that’s trying to help them. Sad…

    That’s why I’m putting more and more of our retirement funds in Asia, commodities, and gold. This country is in need of a serious wake up call.

    But I hope to see you Thursday… we can continue the discussion.

  2. benson, when you want to explain why all Americans shouldn’t have health insurance, feel free.

    I’m not baiting you about abortion, what makes you think I was addressing you in the first place? But that’s how it is.

  3. Denton;

    When you want to drain your emotion out of the discussion, let me know, and then I’ll respond.

    Also, nice try baiting me with the abortion stuff, but I’m not taking the bite.

  4. Add my applause to cobble’s for denton. I’m one of those people- got laid off, lost my medical insurance and how am I to pay the basic $185.00 a month on unemployment? that is after the deductibles, etc. We are so busy trying to find reasons to deny someone else what we have- I can’t wait until he insurance companies begin to demand full DNA workups and an intrusive, judgmental and invasive report of your entire life before they insure you- and then base it on your genetics. For all the complaints about socialism, it sure seems a more humane system than capitalism where they’ll cut you dead for money.

  5. Also, if we had health insurance, it would be good for the economy, because more people (including laid-off people) could start their own businesses. We are slaves to corporate jobs — and even then, insurance does not always cover our needs.

    Benson (welcome back), NYS does not require in vitro fertilization coverage. Massachusetts does. But what of it?

  6. Bitter Renter Girl, I must second Dave’s suggestion of Stuyvesant Heights. They do have beautiful floor-through apartments there with historic details, fireplaces, granite kitchens, and the like in your price range. Also some nice restaurants coming in there. It’s on the Utica A express stop, so very quick to midtown.

    Also you can find a three-room railroad on the L at Jefferson, Dekalb, or Myrtle-Wyckoff for $1100 to $1200 — though in general the condition of the apartments in this area is more decrepit than Bed Stuy. It’s perfectly safe, there are a lot of Latino businesses, restaurants/bars Northeast Kingdom and Tandem, Make the Road community organization, also lots of parties in the loft area if you like that sort of thing. See BushwickBK for more info.

    You might also check into Jackson Heights in Queens, which is 20 minutes from midtown on the E express, though I’m not sure if one bedrooms are that low.

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