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Derf
davidrmoran : No need to send billing, it's the amount that caught my attention!
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Tax all forms of income at 15% with an individual exemption of $25,000. In this way a family of four would start paying 15% when they surpassed $100K. Corporations pay 15% with no deductions. You could do the same for income in access of $5M - no…
@Old_Skeet: Thanks for your length reply. It sent me back to this months commentary with Ed & Roberts articles. Lots of food for thought.
As for pulling the trigger, I was a day late on 12/24 - 12/25 that you mentioned.
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@msf: What type of motor transportation do you rely on ? "I can certainly do without the gas category - I get very little cash back on my one fill-up/quarter"
Derf
@Old_Skeet: Thanks for the info. I was wondering if you put any of your powder to work.
I haven't made up my mind to purchase more CD's or equity as of yet.
Derf
@Old_Skeet: I took the low road. Bottom 3 for last 20,10,5 years.
20 yrs. non & u.s. fixed 11 times , cash 8
10 yrs. non & u.s. fixed 7 - 6 times, em &cash 5 a piece
5 yrs. non-fixed 3 , em,cash, non u.s equty, u.s fixed, h…
@msf: " If you take the $1 RMD at the beginning of the year, you've got less left in the account to grow back to the original $27.40." How true, but what if the market goes down ? One would have less to lose !
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BenWP: In store only. Scott is now history ! Did shop at Home Depot as a Vet. , but now to much B.S.. Wouldn't except my WI. drivers license with Vet notification on the license.
Good investing to all, …
@hank : thanks for your reply on warranty. A good number of years past I had a problem with warranty on tires that cost $9.00 / tire. Tire company tried to tell me it was going to cost me about 70% of what I paid for the tire to replace. Think I fin…
