One simply can’t put “a price tag” on the joy given us bt our grandchildren. And watching one of our children ‘parent’ leads me to believe that we did a pretty swell in raising them.
We will simply up the amounts we donate to food pantries and homeless shelters and, yes, our Church too, by any of the tax ‘savings’ we’ll get. Personally, I would rather have reduced our massive Federal Deficit by all the tax ‘savings’, since that will have to be paid for by my children and grandchildren - with interest.
I agree completely! I worked until I was 60. I loved my work and my coworkers. I had excellent managers. When I felt I was no longer able to give my employer 110% I decided it was time to retire.
Adam, As always, your explanations are both very clearly and extremely well written. Thanks for digesting all this information and laying it out for us ‘non number’ types.
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One simply can’t put “a price tag” on the joy given us bt our grandchildren. And watching one of our children ‘parent’ leads me to believe that we did a pretty swell in raising them.
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We will simply up the amounts we donate to food pantries and homeless shelters and, yes, our Church too, by any of the tax ‘savings’ we’ll get. Personally, I would rather have reduced our massive Federal Deficit by all the tax ‘savings’, since that will have to be paid for by my children and grandchildren - with interest.
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Yup. Which is why our “emergency” is larger (much more conservative) than usually suggested.
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For us, the HVAC stack in our - then - “new to us” (built in 2007) Condo. Ouch!!!
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Dick, Thanks for going through the details of your money journey. I enjoy reading posts and comments about how others have handled their finances.
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I agree completely! I worked until I was 60. I loved my work and my coworkers. I had excellent managers. When I felt I was no longer able to give my employer 110% I decided it was time to retire.
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Adam, As always, your explanations are both very clearly and extremely well written. Thanks for digesting all this information and laying it out for us ‘non number’ types.
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“live beneath your means and save invest) the rest” is simple advice. But not always EASY to do.
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Richard, Thanks for the informative post! I am glad you are feeling OK.
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