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Old 08-05-2014, 06:41 PM
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The markets continue to piss me off. What's a guy with a 401K to do.....

Up...then down...up then down....
You should be OK Potter.

Not because of your 401 K, but because of Social Security.

The most I ever made while I was working was 55K a year and I draw $22,500 a year in Social Security. And I only have to pay $105 a month out of that for Medicare.

So if you and your wife did about the same as I did, you'll get about 45K a year combined from Social Security. That's enough for a frugal empty nester couple to live with some semblance of dignity as long as they stay away from high cost of living areas.

But make no mistake.

The Koch Brothers, who have enough wealth right now to pay yours and your wife's social security for the next 2.2 Million years, (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-0...rs-to-ads.html) are not satisfied with that. They want more, and they have sent their hired guns, the Republicans, to take your Social Security away from you.
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Old 08-05-2014, 06:51 PM
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You should be OK Potter.

Not because of your 401 K, but because of Social Security.

The most I ever made while I was working was 55K a year and I draw $22,500 a year in Social Security. And I only have to pay $105 a month out of that for Medicare.

So if you and your wife did about the same as I did, you'll get about 45K a year combined from Social Security. That's enough for a frugal empty nester couple to live with some semblance of dignity as long as they stay away from high cost of living areas.

But make no mistake.

The Koch Brothers, who have enough wealth right now to pay yours and your wife's social security for the next 2.2 Million years, (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-0...rs-to-ads.html) are not satisfied with that. They want more, and they have sent their hired guns, the Republicans, to take your Social Security away from you.
Ayup. Modern day captains of industry like the Kochs have a black hole where their guts are. No amount of wealth or power can ever be enough for them.
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Old 08-05-2014, 06:53 PM
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Ayup. Modern day captains of industry like the Kochs have a black hole where their guts are. No amount of wealth or power can ever be enough for them.
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Old 08-05-2014, 06:59 PM
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Ayup. Modern day captains of industry like the Kochs have a black hole where their guts are. No amount of wealth or power can ever be enough for them.
You stole that from "Tombstone" didn't you?

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tombstone

It's one of my many favorite scenes from that movie.


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Doc Holliday: A man like Ringo has a great empty hole through the middle of him. He can never kill enough, or steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.

Wyatt Earp: What does he need?

Doc Holliday: Revenge.

Wyatt Earp: For what?

Doc Holliday: Being born.
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Old 08-05-2014, 07:07 PM
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4-2-7 is not here for an intelligent or productive dialog. He is here strictly to bash Obama, the left wing or if nothing else to disrupt the conversation.

At the very least, please do not quote him and thus validate his posts. Thanks.
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Old 08-05-2014, 07:23 PM
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You stole that from "Tombstone" didn't you?

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tombstone

It's one of my many favorite scenes from that movie.
I'll never tell.

I do like some Doc Holliday, tho.
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Old 08-05-2014, 07:27 PM
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Old 08-05-2014, 07:35 PM
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It seems like homeownership is going down among college educated young people....

which is a very bad trend. I imagine most people who are fortunate enough to own their homes when they retire may start leaving them to their kids so they will have a place to live after the parents are dead.


That is what they do in the developing world. My wife's extended family lives in her deceased parents' home (which would never pass any sort of building code here lol).

In the Philippines families take in everyone that is a blood or marriage relative into their homes. I mean one day you will be old and helpless you do not want to be an asshole to those who may be feeding you in your old age.
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Old 08-05-2014, 09:10 PM
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The only thing the present POTUS has to do with this is his opponents stifling the recovery to make him look bad.

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Come on Steve you know that's not true. If it was then why do I hear so much drivel about Bush tax cuts.
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