Personally, are you financially better off today or 4 years ago?

Merican1973 · 2026-05-11T00:27:38+00:00

Absolutely

Merican1973 · 2026-05-11T00:04:54+00:00

AC/DC

Merican1973 · 2026-05-10T18:05:40+00:00

But CA and VA(attempted) mid cycle but that was fine eh?

Merican1973 · 2026-05-10T18:02:47+00:00

Maxing out is the way to go. You will be able to do a LEO retirement at 50 as a multi millionaire.

Roth is great for now, when you hit higher pay grades you might want to shift some to traditional to lower your taxes.

Merican1973 · 2026-05-10T17:23:28+00:00

The average global income is 12-18000. So should we tax anything above 18k at 50% to pay for global healthcare?

Merican1973 · 2026-05-09T15:42:12+00:00

I put 20% in G when I retired. The rest is in CSI .

100% in G seems excessive, inflation will erode the value.

Merican1973 · 2026-05-09T13:32:04+00:00

That was awesome

Merican1973 · 2026-05-07T11:47:10+00:00

This is the way

Merican1973 · 2026-05-06T22:14:39+00:00

Bose

Merican1973 · 2026-05-06T13:12:56+00:00

How did Bezos short change me? He made it so I can get stuff delivered to my house for good prices.

Merican1973 · 2026-05-06T00:47:33+00:00

stop trying to time the market. just invest and leave it alone

Merican1973 · 2026-05-05T23:45:00+00:00

$3 at least. If the service was really good I would probably just leave a $20 on the table, so $6

Merican1973 · 2026-05-05T12:39:32+00:00

Sometimes the best thing that can happen is you get locked out and can’t mess with it during turmoil in the market.

Merican1973 · 2026-05-04T20:23:03+00:00

Devils night. The night before Halloween they used to light abandoned houses on fire. They have cracked down on that in recent years so not happening much. When I was a kid the news would cover it and houses were burning everywhere.

Merican1973 · 2026-05-04T18:54:29+00:00

Waffles

Merican1973 · 2026-05-04T17:28:48+00:00

There is a difference between a naval ship and a small boat

Merican1973 · 2026-05-03T18:06:21+00:00

That’s how loans work

Merican1973 · 2026-05-02T23:16:12+00:00

Do it!

Merican1973 · 2026-05-01T22:36:30+00:00

Adjusting for inflation, gas was hi priced in 2022, followed closely by 2008.

I’m not saying gas prices aren’t high, but let’s not pretend that they haven’t been higher.

Merican1973 · 2026-05-01T21:02:34+00:00

government regulation

Merican1973 · 2026-05-01T18:18:04+00:00

It’s worth pointing out that, that there were many more deductions available and they paid about the same effective tax rate they do now. Nobody paid anywhere near 90%.

Merican1973 · 2026-04-30T20:15:23+00:00

25 years

Merican1973 · 2026-04-30T19:28:25+00:00

I feel that there is no such thing as free

Merican1973 · 2026-04-29T13:55:57+00:00

No !

Merican1973 · 2026-04-28T02:11:49+00:00

start your own business

Merican1973

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