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VelociRanger wrote:
Every time I mow or go somewhere I see these vehicles and wish I knew more about vehicles and had a lot more money to spend. :(
Take your money and invest it into things that create OTHER income streams.. If you think plugging away at a 30-45hr a week job is gonna get you much farther than paying just the bills you create.. (maybe, most spend more than they make whether consciously or unconsciously) otherwise chances of being able to do what you want may be slim. Few companies pay the way they used to, most employment efforts even self employment is all performance based which means if you dont produce you dont move forward or up in anything. Add to that ridiculous inflation costs due to the Fed Reserve every time the dollar does pick up value, they knock it right back down, AND to boot, the dollar isnt worth the paper its written on.
Reality check - todays inflationary measures puts yours and my $100 at just under $16.74 worth of buying power compared to 1971 where the same $100 would nearly have gotten you almost 5 times as much buying power ($595). Any google/app inflation calculator will show you that.
Which in turn means you have to work 5 times harder than someone who started 35-40 years before you.
Damn that's crazy. I had a talk similar to this with my mom but we didn't get nearly as in depth
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