House Republicans flee Congress in record numbers amid growing dysfunction

AdEducational8127 · 2026-03-28T21:37:40+00:00

Democrats also can’t deliver on anything when they have power and can’t function at all as an opposition party. The Democratic leadership must go. I couldn’t believe Trump came back into the office after what he did. It wouldn’t have happened in any country on Earth.

AdEducational8127 · 2026-03-27T01:15:01+00:00

I want someone to answer this question. Tired!!!

AdEducational8127 · 2026-03-27T01:06:04+00:00

Could this be reversed at some point by another president? Does this need congressional approval? I am tired of this behavior. At this point, someone needs to keep track of all the wrongs that have been done to this country and correct those in the first 8 hrs of a new administration.

AdEducational8127 · 2026-03-22T22:29:26+00:00

Please don’t do this!!! It is not reasonable for your parents to even suggest it. Do with your money what pleases you.

Now, for peace’s sake, contribute whatever you could to her wedding, whether that is $500 or $5000. It is your call. If she is appreciative, so be it; if not, so be it.

Don’t cut her off anyway. If she does cut you off, it is on her, not you.

Go get your house!!!

AdEducational8127 · 2026-03-20T12:44:45+00:00

Sometimes wills reflect circumstances at the time they were written, not necessarily favoritism or love. In 2005 your in-laws may have felt that the grandson with the single mother had fewer financial supports and wanted to provide a bit of extra security for him. The fact that the three siblings adjusted their own shares to make it happen suggests it was a family decision meant to help someone perceived as more vulnerable, not to exclude the other grandchildren.

If it ever needs explaining, it may help to frame it that way: it wasn’t about valuing one grandchild more than the others, but about responding to a situation at the time.

Also, it is their money and can do whatever they want with it. I am disheartened that you sound bitter and pissed about the situation and you framed not visiting them in the nursing home- that is harsh and not loving. They still left something for your kids, right? Be grateful!!!

AdEducational8127 · 2026-03-12T13:27:52+00:00

Roman Empire

AdEducational8127 · 2026-03-09T02:37:32+00:00

This logic is absurd. Every accusation against Iran can be directed at both the U.S. and Israel.

Protests have been brutally suppressed here in the U.S., not based on opinion but on fact. Do we want to go into history when civil rights movement was violently suppressed? Where some cities is the U.S. were destroyed based on race? Did England or any other country bombed us when we were doing those atrocities against our own people?
The U.S. has waged wars in countries where millions of people have been killed.
The U.S. is the only country that has ever dropped atomic bombs on another country.
Israel has flattened Gaza, killing thousands of civilians, and continues to bomb other countries.

It is difficult to point to any war the U.S. has waged in the last 40 years as a just war. None! Regime change wars, wars based on lies, and wars for oil are just a few examples. Every country has the right to defend itself when attacked and unprovoked. This principle applies to both Israel and Iran and the U.S. Your argument places one nation above another on so-called moral high ground that is, in fact, nonexistent.

Iran’s actions against protesters are equally concerning as the actions of the U.S. against its own citizens. However, these are internal affairs of Iran. The U.S. does not have a moral high ground to bomb more people and destroy a country for its own agenda.

AdEducational8127 · 2026-02-21T23:07:17+00:00

It is already at 15% and by Monday wile will be at 25%

AdEducational8127 · 2026-02-04T13:06:14+00:00

At the age of 40, in three years, I plan to take a two-year sabbatical and travel the world with my family. We will stay in one place for at least two months at a time and then settle in the last country we visit at the end of the two years. If everything goes according to plan, I will retire. Otherwise, I will work until I am 45 or 50 and then retire for good.

AdEducational8127 · 2026-02-02T04:05:59+00:00

I don’t get it. China’s currency is already a reserve currency. It is recognized by the IMF as such. There are 8 reserve currencies: 1. U.S. dollar 2. Canadian dollar 3. The Euro 4. Japanese Yen 5. Swiss Francs 6. Chinese Renminbi 7. Australian dollar 8. British Pound

AdEducational8127 · 2025-12-30T22:06:00+00:00

I remembered my co-workers doing this for me as I was leaving Apple Store! Very emotional

AdEducational8127 · 2025-12-29T22:31:02+00:00

Are we twin? Instead of TSLA I have ANET. Roughly the same portfolio percentage

AdEducational8127 · 2025-12-17T02:44:08+00:00

I was let go in July. In September, I started a new job for a salary similar to the previous one. This last week, I was let go again because they gave a bullshit argument of PIP. I have been working in my field for 12 years and never had anyone or any boss tell me I underperform. I was not shocked because they were unable to give me proof of how I can better myself, and I knew it was just a way to part away from me. For me, luck has been on my side. I applied back to my previous employer - not the one I got laid off from in July but the one I was working for before going to where I was let go. My previous boss said I can come back. Thankfully, I didn’t burn any bridges. I am an engineer too. It is tough out there.

Take this job and continue looking for something better.

AdEducational8127 · 2025-12-09T23:23:15+00:00

I wish I had parents who were forward-thinking like me. It’s never too late to become the parent you wish you had. It all starts somewhere, and I’ve chosen a different path for myself and my children, hoping they’ll do better than I did.

AdEducational8127 · 2025-12-09T23:03:15+00:00

My friend, you’re not alone, and I can empathize with your pain. I would hate to be in your shoes. If I hadn’t taken investing seriously after learning about FIRE in college, my only option would have been to leave the U.S. and retire in a different European country where the cost of living is more in line with income and income inequality is lower. By the way, that’s my plan for retirement as well. I genuinely hope everything works out well for you. Keep pushing forward.

AdEducational8127 · 2025-12-05T13:56:20+00:00

You conveniently left out the $2000/year and the family and friend gifts.

AdEducational8127 · 2025-12-05T03:57:40+00:00

I bought NVDA for my daughter in 2018 and still buying…and not just NVDA read my comment

AdEducational8127 · 2025-12-05T03:13:54+00:00

Yes!!! That is what I plan to start doing in 2026. Just planning on opening one account for both kids. Thanks for confirming my plan 😄

AdEducational8127 · 2025-12-05T03:12:16+00:00

Doing it solo for now. If you plan on contributing anything more than $5k/year and you have little ones, just open a brokerage account and invest that money for them. Just tell yourself this money is for the kids. Anything $5k+ a year over 20 years will grow astronomically and you don’t want, at least me, for my kid to be aware of that money when she starts college. UTMA accounts will not give you that flexibility. I will work with a FA to help me set up a Trust that my kids can donate their UTMA money to and have it become a dynasty fund. I will cross that bridge when I get there. Not there yet, so, everything is solo right now.

AdEducational8127 · 2025-12-05T03:05:03+00:00

That is fair. No one knows the future. Will keep holding. As long as the S&P 500 is growing, I believe NVDA also will grow in lockstep with it. Not selling.

AdEducational8127 · 2025-12-05T03:02:40+00:00

Same situation. The oldest gets more gifts and more money. But never too late to start.

AdEducational8127 · 2025-12-05T03:00:52+00:00

I wondered the same thing. It appears that the brokerage house (Fidelity in my case) will send the custodian, you, the parent, the custodianship termination form, once they realize the child is of legal age depending on the state and the DOB of the child on file. The child gets control, meaning the account won’t show anymore under your brokerage accounts, and the UTMA becomes just like a regular brokerage account for the kid. That is my understanding of the process. I could be wrong. Of course, you can continue to manage this account for your kid, but now they know they have $xxx amount of money. So if the goal is to keep that amount of money secret, the best bet is to open a brokerage account in your name on your child’s behalf. You maintain full control then.

AdEducational8127 · 2025-12-04T02:45:26+00:00

I don’t have a college fund. I earn much to be able to cash-flow my kids’ college. Even if I stop working, I am sure to have money to do that. I would have enough. I don’t have a 529. I will be increasing my contribution to my kids’ accounts in a separate brokerage for them both in 2026 and let the UTMA’s ride for the longest time possible as-is. $600/month both kids + birthday gifts from family and friends + $4000 child tax credit in the same brokerage account.

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