"Boarder Security"

[Dill]

(12-07-2018, 06:11 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: Hey! This may not be a big issue for you shmancy-pancy home-owning folks upon Ohio and Penn., mister. But out here we got these boarders all over the place! I see them al the time: at the supermarket, when I drop my kid off at school, at the pharmacy... These renters are all over the place! Some of them even rent offices and warehouses! It's way out of hand!!!

Ok ok. I see how it is a different issue for people in different states.  We don't see all that many boarders in Indiana Pa because, let's face it, most of us own small homes.

But here is where I think a lot of people are missing the point. My father boarded with a family while he was going to college, and I did for three months back in 1973 while I was working on a pipeline in South Dakota. And I remember how thankful I was for security during that period of my life. So suddenly that's not ok now that I am living comfortably and someone else is the boarder? Lot's of people, probably a majority, have boarded with others at some point on their way to success and the American dream.

And it's not a new thing. Back in the late 19th century, when the U.S. industrial base was surging, U.S. cities were full of boarding houses serving the labor which built our nation.

So while some of us may not like to admit it, the U.S. is in fact a nation of boarders.  And we ought to keep that heritage in mind in mind when formulating policy.