http://disqus.com/by/clarkbj/enWed, 22 Jul 2009 12:34:17 -0000http://www.windowstorussia.com/2009/07/windows-to-russia-for-regular-readers.html#comment-13115445<p>Svet,</p><p>Good luck with the visa issue. I hope you like the new home - and can find another good Volga.</p><p></p>clarkbjWed, 22 Jul 2009 12:34:17 -0000http://www.windowstorussia.com/2009/07/russia-come-to-russia-you-may-not-want.html#comment-12562324<p>Most of my life I have avoided working in situations where this kind of "live to work" lifestyle is imposed on me. I have not minded driving an old car or living in a small house. It has become increasingly difficult to avoid the rat race, though. One reason is that health insurance is provided, in the US, through one's employer. Health care has become so outrageously expensive that not to have insurance, which itself is outrageously expensive, is to risk financial ruin. For most people, including myself, this means having a job with "benefits."</p><p>Employers are now using the recession as an excuse to squeeze more out of their employees, more work for less pay is not just a joke anymore. <br></p>clarkbjSun, 12 Jul 2009 22:04:52 -0000