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Not in the bank.
But you could buy four 250k shacks and live off the rental income..
CaptainShuddup says

In the 80's you could have retired with just 100K in the bank.

And lived off the interest.

A million today wouldn't last very long in the bank.

Call it Crazy says

Strategist says

Different article.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/07/24/investing/wealthy-investors/

Don't hyjack my thread with a different topic, start your own!!!

I promise I wont.
$50,000 in annual income is no where close to wealthy. That's my point.

Obviously, the tobacco industry is really going to try to keep vaping from catching on. Hard for me to imagine that vaping isn't way safer than conventional cigarettes for getting a nicotine fix.

However, the tobacco lobby and their dial-a-whore doctors are already alleging it is worse.

The touchy legal question: is it Constitutionally protected to attach tubing with an inhaler to one's ass with a battery powered spark plug, and is it addictive?

If my books were in red I'd be scrutinizing this volatile market at this most dire and crucial time ...you'd think!

Call it Crazy says

Strategist says

I promise I wont.

$50,000 in annual income is no where close to wealthy. That's my point.

Not to a high roller like you, but..

If you make $20K a year, you think $50K IS wealthy...

Call it Crazy says

The poor who live paycheck to paycheck have median incomes around $20,000.

Most people who make $50,000 will not be able to afford an entry level home in most states, especially California.
That is not being wealthy. The definition of wealthy in this article is screwed up.

sbh says

hrhjuliet says

I don't have anything to measure, so I get to just sit back and enjoy the show. Maybe I should host a digital game party? Popcorn for Patrick, taco salad for corntrollio, CIC some Wild Turkey, wine for Logan, home brew for Dan, and face for Mr. Shostakovich.

If you can't get me a premier cru Pauillac I will settle for a slightly peaty single malt. Caol Ila 18 year is a good value.

Good choice sir. I will provide duck and dog hats. I'm neutral, so I'll just wear my tiara.

No, no CIC, I always wear my tutu with my tiara. ;-)

sbh says

Digital dick measuring between a duck and a dachshund.

I almost lost my job today by googling 'duck penis' and clicking on the first youtube link.

Apparently, playing that game with a duck is stupid.

Boeinghazi!

sbh says

hrhjuliet says

I always wear my tutu with my tiara. ;-)

Soooooo hrh= her royal highness?

But of course. :-)

jojo says

You've been here a lot longer than me. So it's understandable that you know Patrick and trust him more than I do.

He is a trustworthy guy.

smaulgld says

Its more lack of demand than lack of inventory.

True in most parts of the countries except where cities with tech dominated economy i.e. SFBA, Seattle, Portland, Austin, Boston, etc.

John Bailo says

I feel like I can't make a single wrong move, or I'll end up right back where I started from, like almost everything is a trap or a swindle designed to relieve me of my cash

Be liquid. This cannot be stressed enough. I know some people get rich leveraging themselves in the right way at the right time, but for most people it doesn't work like that. Most of them go broke.

John Bailo says

Unless you have a lot of self-control, it's easy to let the spending go way, way up. I know because I used to be there and it took some personal Shock Doctrine to ratchet down my needs.

However, it's oh so easy to get sucked down the drain. Case in point, my son visiting from college. I usually take him shopping for clothes when he periodically visits. However, while I myself shop at Wal*Mart, he wants stuff from the department stores. Last time, he gathered up a few multicolored shirts (not far from t-shirts) at Macy's and with a few other things, cologne, it ended up being $600. That's an extrodinary sum for me. I just bought my years wardrobe of t-shirts and sweatpants for under $100.

$600 at Macy's? lol. Take him to Kohls. You get the same crap for $100.

I never figured out how people are willing(me included) to sit in a vapor cloud of their own flatulence, unphased. But will break priceless things to get out of nose shot, of someone else flatulence. They can even be the exact same smell.

Looks as if writing bad loans and extending credit to unemployed homeless created an unsustainable situation. No one could have predicted this.

BofA deserves some help. How about a tax cut?

This is in direct contrast to the common canine, which seems to flourish around fresh excrement, and their various sources.

CaptainShuddup says

I never figured out how people are willing(me included) to sit in a vapor cloud of their own flatulence, unphased. But will break priceless things to get out of nose shot, of someone else flatulence. They can even be the exact same smell.

Justice is not served until Bruno Iksil AND Jame Dimon (and everyone in between them in the chain of command) both spend some serious time in jail.

Obama said he admires Jamie Dimon. And he has a man crush on Robert Rubin.

The banana republic USA has had criminals serve as Treasury Secretary quite recently. And a recent US president must design his international travel around the likelihood of being apprehended as a war criminal.

Homeboy says

WTF? Why do they let that retarded guy wear a cop uniform?

He was only operating by the direct orders of another asshole wearing Robe, sash and tassels.

Well it seems ole Goober, isn't so dumb after all.

(CNN) – Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday he believes the National Security Agency is monitoring his e-mails, so when he wants to communicate with a foreign leader, he sends an old-fashioned letter via snail mail.

I think the Idiot ball is firmly in Obama's court. Jimmy may have been the worst, but he isn't the dumbest.

CaptainShuddup says

I think the Idiot ball is firmly in Obama's court.

Enlighten us about the depth and strategic/tactical brilliance of the 2003 Iraq invasion. Include a list of ways in which it made us safer, and a chart showing how the cost was justified.

Also detail how the Bush tax cuts created an economic boom.

Please use different-colored crayons for the charts.

Say what you want about Bush, but he got peoples signatures before he signed off on anything. To bitch about Bush, is to bitch about all of the Democrats who signed up for his shit.

Obama has been a one man "horror" show.

Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Sunday accused President Obama of being “naïve” about Russian President Vladimir Putin's agenda and said he lacks the foresight to have prevented Putin from taking over a Ukraine peninsula.

During Romney’s 2012 presidential race against Obama, the president criticized him for saying Russia -- not Al Qaeda -- was America's "number one geopolitical foe."

Romney acknowledged that more pre-emptive action had only the potential to prevent the invasion.

But he also blamed of Secretary of State John Kerry and former secretary Hillary Clinton, suggesting that the Obama administration’s so-called “reset” diplomacy was a mistake.

"They thought resetting relations with Russia, handing out gifts to Russia, would somehow make Russia change its objectives. Well, that certainly wasn't the case," Romney said. “Russia is not our friend.”

CaptainShuddup says

Mitt Romney on Sunday accused President Obama of being “naïve” about Russian President Vladimir Putin's agenda and said he lacks the foresight to have prevented Putin from taking over a Ukraine peninsula.

He was too busy laughing bout the color coordination of the Olympic village in the Sochi guest suites, like a shallow little fucking wise ass cunt, to have noticed the movement of the unmarked forces moving to the Kremier peninsula. I mean he's only got real time satellite live feed being pipped into office. Instead of watching that, Obama was tweeting...

"OMFG!!!!! Did you see the double toilets and one toilet paper rack? (high pitched voice)TACKY!!!"

CaptainShuddup says

Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney

Who was this loser? Oh right one of those bitter water boys who grumble from the sidelines about how they could do it differently. If only he could get a shot.

WAAAH!

Much as I dislike Obama, the repubs are worthless when it comes to foreign policy. 9/11 happened on their watch and Bin laden was free roaming the earth, taunting us with taped releases. of course then we invaded Iraq.

Obama at least got Bin laden and is handling this Crimea thing without too much escalations. Not that the republicans would do anything -they are full of hot air-Georgia happened under their watch too.

Wether Crimea is right or wrong-we really don't have too many options-except some talk. Glad old McCain was not elected-fool talks about arming Ukraine-I am sure we would like it if Russia started arming Mexican drug cartels and Venezuela. Dumb asses- Sarah Palin looks like the sane one in that combo.

I hate both parties-can I have a column that says vote for neither???

Vicente says

Who was this loser?

...Yeah, but juuuuuuuuussssssssssst barely.

If that accounts for anything.

Say what you want about Sarah Palin but She can see Russia from her house, and she's not the one with the NSA tricked out satellite movie theater.

To laugh at someone who says they are on the ball, and will be vigilant and alert while making excuses for the asshole with the tools and resources, to have caught and noticed that the cheesy movie set that was Socihi was just a distraction for something else. Is just the most infantile point in this whole affair.

And I am personally revoking all of your "Right to bitch" licenses.

Actually looking at Sarah Palin, I think she is a smart cookie. One thing I admire about her is that she is a woman who made it on her own-unlike Hillary who would have been a lawyer in Arkansas without Bill. I think she was pushed to the limelight way too soon. She was a mayor of a tiny town and not even half term Governor of a state with less population than any big city in the US. She was never exposed to national politics and it was thrust on her.

But she took the cards dealt to her , built a big empire-including TV shows and such and is not out there asking for handouts and crying a sob story of being a woman blah, blah, blah. Under the right circumstances and say a 5-10 years of national exposure-she might have turned out very different. But nothing wrong with her now-she is successful, provides for her family and supports her man too!!!

Everything I read about Carter only confirms my belief that his supposed bad presidency is a media spin you all fell for. His voting record is proof why they would undermine him and make him appear weak. What happened with Ron Paul in the last election was predictable for the same reason.

The media propaganda machine is sophisticated, and some of you who think you are immune just proved that you are not. Ron Paul and Jimmy Carter are both honest, brilliant, compassionate, and that is the reason they would never fit into the Empire holding our congress hostage. I don't always agree with Carter or Paul, but they have been the republic's biggest champions. So naturally, they are unsung heroes and the media and powers that be will make sure the public looses interest in them. Their voting records are what counts, and there is no comparison between their records and the past few presidents.

Well met. I laughed myself silly reading this list.

I'll be that princess that is always asking her daddy why the peasants must live so poorly, much to his dismay. Every story needs an annoying little rebel princess.

We must also give Dan and Patrick proper and honorable titles.

why do you hate peanut farming?

CL says

Carter sucked

Is that Apple's new work force?

jazz music says

MORAL OF THE STORY

Thousands of years can pass and people will still do the same for the love of money. Ownership has its privileges which must be held in check by something greater than a mere protest demonstration ... where right wing cameras can be turned away and police be sent in to quell the violence stirred up by owner's paid thugs

...OH!!! You're waiting for FOX to pick up the story?

http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2012/06/29/rights-group-finds-child-labor-rampant-in-nestle-ivory-coast-supply-chain/

Blurtman says

The banana republic USA has had criminals serve as Treasury Secretary

Been a tradition, ever since Joseph Kennedy was put in charge of the SEC by Roosevelt. Roosevelt's reasoning was, who better to know what all the crooks are up to.

At a certain level, government isn't about right or wrong, justice or injustice, legal or illegal, it is about mutual accommodations and who has the best blackmail.

Well too bad the Republicans aren't in power right now, so you could write them a scathing letter letting them know you're taken back with the way Obama is running things.

with the who for what?

lostand confused says

Actually looking at Sarah Palin, I think she is a smart cookie.

That's not saying much given cookies make flatworms look like gods. You might as well say Sarah Palin is smart...for a bag of hammers.

Cookies are tasty but too many are terrible for your health. Same with Sarah Palin - a little of her once in a while is all anyone needs.

New Renter says

lostand confused says

Actually looking at Sarah Palin, I think she is a smart cookie.

That's not saying much given cookies make flatworms look like gods. You might as well say Sarah Palin is smart...for a bag of hammers.

Cookies are tasty but too many are terrible for your health. Same with Sarah Palin - a little of her once in a while is all anyone needs.

I am not talking about being President-which I think she is not ready. But as an American, she is a self made millionaire many times over, takes care of her kids and is not on welfare-which is a great achievement these days. Maybe I have missed it, but I have never seen her say-oh poor me, I am a woman, the big boys take advantage of me-she gives as good as she gets and then some.

If her target audience market demands a certain behavior and she delivers and makes millions off it-can't blame her can you. She is just astute and knows how to milk her constituents-just like any good politician/entertainment personality.