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Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:27 pm
by Sparko
JKLivin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:20 pm
Overlander wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:14 pm
japhy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 1:58 pm
Oh hell no, but 90+% of the population continuing to work so that I can retire early, pay lower taxes AND I get better returns on my investments....well, if that's what the rubes want.
Who am I to deny them that freedom?
I hear ya there.
I want Psych to get 4 jobs....
I’m currently at 8 and the wife is close behind at 6.
Thanks, Brandon!
Top that.
You realize we had the best performing economy in the world under Biden? You should be so lucky under the next wave. Of all of us, you should be a militant labor rights guy.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:51 pm
by Shirley
Sparky is right!
The S&P 500 gained > 20% the last two years in a row, the first time that’s happened since another Democratic administration, Bill Clinton’s, in ‘97 & ‘98.
Couple that with Psych and Randy voting for lower taxes on my capital gains, and perhaps I’ll finally get what I so richly deserve!
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:55 pm
by japhy
JKLivin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:20 pm
Overlander wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:14 pm
japhy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 1:58 pm
Oh hell no, but 90+% of the population continuing to work so that I can retire early, pay lower taxes AND I get better returns on my investments....well, if that's what the rubes want.
Who am I to deny them that freedom?
I hear ya there.
I want Psych to get 4 jobs....
I’m currently at 8 and the wife is close behind at 6.
Thanks, Brandon!
Top that.
Why would anyone want to "top that"?
You obviously need to get some skills that are valued by the economy.
What happened to that $325/hr consulting gig? Work 20 hrs a week there and you would be hauling in $300K, quit your other 7 jobs.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 3:03 pm
by MICHHAWK
14 jobs is fantastic. you are a role model.
hard workers work hard.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 3:03 pm
by MICHHAWK
this great country was built by hard workers working hard.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 3:05 pm
by JKLivin
japhy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:55 pm
JKLivin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:20 pm
Overlander wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:14 pm
I hear ya there.
I want Psych to get 4 jobs....
I’m currently at 8 and the wife is close behind at 6.
Thanks, Brandon!
Top that.
Why would anyone want to "top that"?
You obviously need to get some skills that are valued by the economy.
What happened to that $325/hr consulting gig? Work 20 hrs a week there and you would be hauling in $300K, quit your other 7 jobs.
I do the $325 an hour job 10 hours a week. I could do it 40+ hours a week, but I prefer teaching. I learned a long time ago that life is too short to spend all of it doing things you don't like so much. I work on the 7 online classes I teach every night from 9:00 to Midnight or 1:00 am after the wife goes to bed with the little one. She gets up at 5:00 and works on her 6 online classes until the little one wakes up and I get her ready for daycare. We both also work large chunks of Saturday, and I work about four hours on Sunday.
We live on very little of what we bring in. Both of us max out our retirement accounts monthly, dump $3,000 each in our emergency fund, and another $1,000 in a fund for our daughter so she can go to private school once she gets old enough, and have no debt other than our mortgage. I am using the skills and opportunities I have to set up my family for when I am gone.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 5:14 pm
by KUTradition
JKLivin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 3:05 pm
japhy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:55 pm
JKLivin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:20 pm
I’m currently at 8 and the wife is close behind at 6.
Thanks, Brandon!
Top that.
Why would anyone want to "top that"?
You obviously need to get some skills that are valued by the economy.
What happened to that $325/hr consulting gig? Work 20 hrs a week there and you would be hauling in $300K, quit your other 7 jobs.
I do the $325 an hour job 10 hours a week. I could do it 40+ hours a week, but I prefer teaching. I learned a long time ago that life is too short to spend all of it doing things you don't like so much. I work on the 7 online classes I teach every night from 9:00 to Midnight or 1:00 am after the wife goes to bed with the little one. She gets up at 5:00 and works on her 6 online classes until the little one wakes up and I get her ready for daycare. We both also work large chunks of Saturday, and I work about four hours on Sunday.
We live on very little of what we bring in. Both of us max out our retirement accounts monthly, dump $3,000 each in our emergency fund, and another $1,000 in a fund for our daughter so she can go to private school once she gets old enough, and have no debt other than our mortgage. I am using the skills and opportunities I have to set up my family for when I am gone.
sounds like you should make better decisions, rather than just bitching
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 5:32 pm
by MICHHAWK
sounds like you are jealous.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 5:56 pm
by KUTradition
MICHHAWK wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 5:32 pm
sounds like you are jealous.
of psych?
i’d wager only you aspire to achieve his level of bigotry
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 6:27 pm
by Overlander
JKLivin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:20 pm
Overlander wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:14 pm
japhy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 1:58 pm
Oh hell no, but 90+% of the population continuing to work so that I can retire early, pay lower taxes AND I get better returns on my investments....well, if that's what the rubes want.
Who am I to deny them that freedom?
I hear ya there.
I want Psych to get 4 jobs....
I’m currently at 8 and the wife is close behind at 6.
Thanks, Brandon!
Top that.
I say keep grinding.
Don't you have some kids that can chip in?
I have my eye on some land just outside of Bisbee.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 6:44 pm
by JKLivin
Overlander wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 6:27 pm
JKLivin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:20 pm
Overlander wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:14 pm
I hear ya there.
I want Psych to get 4 jobs....
I’m currently at 8 and the wife is close behind at 6.
Thanks, Brandon!
Top that.
I say keep grinding.
That's my plan.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 7:44 pm
by KUTradition
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 9:44 pm
by Overlander
Snowflake
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 1:59 pm
by KUTradition
speaking of poosies
Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper’s refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos
The Washington Post’s Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from her position at the newspaper after its refusal to publish a satirical cartoon depicting the outlet’s owner, Jeff Bezos – along with other media and technology barons – kneeling before Donald Trump as he gears up for his second US presidency...
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 2:22 pm
by twocoach
JKLivin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 3:05 pm
japhy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:55 pm
JKLivin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:20 pm
I’m currently at 8 and the wife is close behind at 6.
Thanks, Brandon!
Top that.
Why would anyone want to "top that"?
You obviously need to get some skills that are valued by the economy.
What happened to that $325/hr consulting gig? Work 20 hrs a week there and you would be hauling in $300K, quit your other 7 jobs.
I do the $325 an hour job 10 hours a week. I could do it 40+ hours a week, but I prefer teaching. I learned a long time ago that life is too short to spend all of it doing things you don't like so much. I work on the 7 online classes I teach every night from 9:00 to Midnight or 1:00 am after the wife goes to bed with the little one. She gets up at 5:00 and works on her 6 online classes until the little one wakes up and I get her ready for daycare. We both also work large chunks of Saturday, and I work about four hours on Sunday.
We live on very little of what we bring in. Both of us max out our retirement accounts monthly, dump $3,000 each in our emergency fund, and another $1,000 in a fund for our daughter so she can go to private school once she gets old enough, and have no debt other than our mortgage. I am using the skills and opportunities I have to set up my family for when I am gone.
Teaching 7 classes is one job, not 7 jobs.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 2:34 pm
by KUTradition
giggles
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 3:17 pm
by JKLivin
twocoach wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2025 2:22 pm
JKLivin wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 3:05 pm
japhy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 2:55 pm
Why would anyone want to "top that"?
You obviously need to get some skills that are valued by the economy.
What happened to that $325/hr consulting gig? Work 20 hrs a week there and you would be hauling in $300K, quit your other 7 jobs.
I do the $325 an hour job 10 hours a week. I could do it 40+ hours a week, but I prefer teaching. I learned a long time ago that life is too short to spend all of it doing things you don't like so much. I work on the 7 online classes I teach every night from 9:00 to Midnight or 1:00 am after the wife goes to bed with the little one. She gets up at 5:00 and works on her 6 online classes until the little one wakes up and I get her ready for daycare. We both also work large chunks of Saturday, and I work about four hours on Sunday.
We live on very little of what we bring in. Both of us max out our retirement accounts monthly, dump $3,000 each in our emergency fund, and another $1,000 in a fund for our daughter so she can go to private school once she gets old enough, and have no debt other than our mortgage. I am using the skills and opportunities I have to set up my family for when I am gone.
Teaching 7 classes is one job, not 7 jobs.
7 classes for 7 different schools is one job?
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 3:55 pm
by Shirley
I used to throw the newspaper to almost 200 different houses on a Sunday morning, but it never occurred to me to claim I had almost 200 jobs.
I’m obviously doing it wrong.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 4:41 pm
by JKLivin
Shirley wrote: ↑Sat Jan 04, 2025 3:55 pm
I used to throw the newspaper to almost 200 different houses on a Sunday morning, but it never occurred to me to claim I had almost 200 jobs.
I’m obviously doing it wrong.
You’re right, Shirley. Throwing newspapers in peoples’ driveways and teaching graduate classes are absolutely equivalent. Don’t know why I didn’t think of that.
Re: Evil Rich People
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 5:04 pm
by KUTradition
teaching graduate level classes isn’t nearly the work some make it out to be
oh, the toil!