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Anna
That is Pepper, my cocker waiting for the mailman.
Ah, but @Ted, don't you see that the psychology is fascinating. Start with a budget starving both children and granny, then, when people scream about the children half, work on a compromise saving babies and children and just let the other half ride…
From the New Republic article: "No I don’t think so," Mulvaney says. "It's one of the most compassionate things we can do."
Sounds like he's putting his dog down. With this statement a lot of my confusion has dissipated.
Will there be similar market reactions here; or perhaps a positive market reaction when Mr. Trump resigns?
Don't over-chew this thought. Resign won't happen.
I know. I'll RMD on May 1, buy a 6 month CD, then at the end of the 6 months, invest in a tax managed equity fund (or defense or healthcare depending on the weather).
When my husband and I moved from one coast to the other with a dog, we ended up praising United. That was in January, 2011. We talked at length with them starting a month in advance to be sure we met their criteria for dog transport cages and condit…
When I was in graduate school one of the students did a map of chemical components of scotch using one of those newfangled computer things and determined the cheap scotches that mapped in the nearby space of more expensive scotches. The student tast…
Well, my workplace was such that I tended to meet the new engineers and scientists. I have no reason to think that many others of their generation that pursued different interests can't find something useful and productive to do with their lives. It…
VF, not all of them. I found many of the new engineering and science graduates I encountered as I reached retirement to be amazing. Talented, self-confident, composed, curious, innovative, dedicated. No different from the top of the previous generat…
@Anna,
Thanks for the link. It is very data rich.
It seems to favor an early spend down of tax deferred balances maybe as a way of pushing SS out to 70.
I was hoping I could include pension income (DB plan) in lieu of SS (which I do not collect)…
What about the optimal retirement calculator. I haven't used it in a long time but it did take a look at the withdrawals:
https://www.i-orp.com/coverORP.html
"The Optimal Retirement Planner (ORP) computes the plan that maximizes your annual retire…
I was about 52 when I first looked at HSAs. When I ran the numbers, it looked like they only work for young healthy people who can spend many years building up the balances to the point where a serious health problem could be covered. I decided some…
Can anyone point me to information on why the Rand Paul HC proposal doesn't get a look at? Or reasons why it doesn't seem to pass muster even within his own party? TIA
Well no, not me but I was wondering what you like about it and why it has more ge…
Ignore for awhile. I'm looking at what the CMS data base says about the question below.
What percent of the health care industry is just the insurance industry and excess personnel doing just the billing and related things. Could the economy or job…
We always do potatoes in containers and using layering (instead of hilling, just start low and add dirt as they come up; you always want to have layers in your portfolio for bigger gains):
Anna here. The only posts I don't enjoy are the posts about what other people should be allowed to post. This is, by in large, a superior intelligence crowd. Children still, perhaps, but capable of self wiping. Sharing your opinion and not your stin…
A 100 year bond gives holding to maturity a new flavor not to mention long term bond fund and effective maturity and duration.
On the "that ship has sailed" side, Imagine if the rates in the late 70s and 80s could be locked in forever.
Funny thing about trickles. Take Western Washington, it seems like it rains almost all the time but there is never enough cheap water for the bottom feeders. Just constant cold trickle on the head and there it stops, not even good for a whistle wett…
Mark, How do you VAT it (if you have one), I wonder? Anyway, I'm sure it is not a worry since Mexico is footing the bill and doing the construction. We are only supervising.
