Jesus, I wish I knew what the fuck you guys were talking about.
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As lucrative as train driving ... choooooooooooooo$$$$$$$$$$$$ chooooooo$$$$$Originally posted by SVT Lurch View PostI see what you did there...
Gotta pay to play...apparently in $10,000 sheets.Originally posted by davbrucasI want to like Slow99 since people I know say he's a good guy, but just about everything he posts is condescending and passive aggressive.
Most people I talk to have nothing but good things to say about you, but you sure come across as a condescending prick. Do you have an inferiority complex you've attempted to overcome through overachievement? Or were you fondled as a child?
You and slow99 should date. You both have passive aggressiveness down pat.
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I just read that and that article makes me so damn depressed. What kind of value do you put on your dollar if you can't spend it until your old, wiry, and crippled? What the hell are you going to buy with that money? Pills and walkers?Originally posted by sc281 View PostHere's a decent motivator to show you the value of holing away cash...
http://www.madfientist.com/triple-income-value/
He makes it sound all great that you can turn $1 into $15 when your 65yrs old but really...that's just depressing that he can't figure out a way to spend money on nice things while he's young.2004 Z06 Commemorative Ed.
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When social security drys up, what are you going to do?Originally posted by mschmoyer View PostI just read that and that article makes me so damn depressed. What kind of value do you put on your dollar if you can't spend it until your old, wiry, and crippled? What the hell are you going to buy with that money? Pills and walkers?
He makes it sound all great that you can turn $1 into $15 when your 65yrs old but really...that's just depressing that he can't figure out a way to spend money on nice things while he's young.
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I think the point of the exercise is to illustrate how savings compound and grow, not to tell you you have to be just like the author.Originally posted by mschmoyer View PostI just read that and that article makes me so damn depressed. What kind of value do you put on your dollar if you can't spend it until your old, wiry, and crippled? What the hell are you going to buy with that money? Pills and walkers?
He makes it sound all great that you can turn $1 into $15 when your 65yrs old but really...that's just depressing that he can't figure out a way to spend money on nice things while he's young.Originally posted by davbrucasI want to like Slow99 since people I know say he's a good guy, but just about everything he posts is condescending and passive aggressive.
Most people I talk to have nothing but good things to say about you, but you sure come across as a condescending prick. Do you have an inferiority complex you've attempted to overcome through overachievement? Or were you fondled as a child?
You and slow99 should date. You both have passive aggressiveness down pat.
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Originally posted by mschmoyer View PostI just read that and that article makes me so damn depressed. What kind of value do you put on your dollar if you can't spend it until your old, wiry, and crippled? What the hell are you going to buy with that money? Pills and walkers?
He makes it sound all great that you can turn $1 into $15 when your 65yrs old but really...that's just depressing that he can't figure out a way to spend money on nice things while he's young.
That's not what he was saying...
Why do you have to be old when you spend it? 10-15 years of strict savings and a good financial plan (I think his 7% expectation of growth is a a bit too rosy) could let you live off the investment income and retire from having to work.... forever.Investing
If I instead put that dollar into a diversified stock portfolio, I am still initially losing that $0.20, because I am still paying income tax, but at least now it has the ability to recoup some of that lost value over time. Leaving that $0.80 invested for 10 years, earning the 7% average stock market real rate of return (i.e. after inflation), the dollar will grow to $1.57, which will provide me with $1.45 of value (assuming a 15% capital gains tax).
To me, the prospect of being 35 and fully independent financially for the rest of my life is pretty friggin exciting. I value that more than I would value a new bmw or a bigger house.
To each their own. Most people aren't going to save 75% of income. Most are content working a 35 year career and having the boat, house, and toys, and there is nothing wrong with that. But a lot of people dread having to go to work in the morning and are waiting for an out, and this gives them that out if they are up to it.Last edited by sc281; 06-06-2013, 01:39 PM.
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