What does insurance and health care have to do with housing?

I might just be a cynic when it comes to it, but I believe that housing is one expense that can always be lowered. We don't -have- to live in the kinds of places that most of us have. Trust me, I've lived in some real beauties (sarcasm). I've lived off of nothing but ramen and made do. If a person decides that housing or dining is more important then the necessities why should we worry or care about the rest?

Of course there are always extenuating circumstances, don't get me wrong. I just don't like people dragging political agendas into unrelated discussions.

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one of the places I lived had 15 Ecuadorians living there. 14 of them were oilfield workers working oposite hitches so there were only 8 at a time at the apartment. Only one of them spoke English. He was an old grizzled man that had seen one hard life, missing an eye and a digit or two. They always kept to themselves other then plugging up the parking.