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No Land for Nomads
"Depressingly Informative" is how I would describe this book. The idea that any one of us reading this may end up with no workable income, no medical insurance, no ability to make mortgage payments or to pay off the bills already accrued is devastating. Being in the age group repensented at a time when supposedly guaranteed "fixed" income, from social security and pensions is becoming targeted by the cut-the-taxes-to-the-rich people is really scary. This could be me--or you-- in a dilapidated RV living from genuinely exhausting part-time gig to part-time gig, no running water, no electricity, at ages 60, 65, 70+.........and the solution the author offers? There is none. She is as terrified as the rest of us. No matter what kind of happy pill the Nomads take, nothing can change the facts that they are basically destitute and without a financially stable future.
Don't read this if you're behind in your mortgage payments or are facing downsizing. Trust me.
October 2017 · Kindle Store · verified purchase