AUTHOR: Chris Rush on 12/4/2025 FIRST: An on 12/4/2025 | RECENT: Chris Rush on 12/5/2025
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Indeed! To force ourselves not to work all the time, my wife and I bought a vacation house within two hours of our main house that made each weekend a getaway weekend (even on those occasions we brought work along). The change of scene from urban to woods and lake was constantly restorative for over two decades. Now our new main house is in the southernmost USA, and the old weekend vacation house has become our getaway home to escape the brutal heat and humidity down here in the summer. So, I agree it's good to combine working with carpe diem, if that's possible. We also managed about fifteen European trips during those decades, self-planned and guided; especially to Italy, our favorite (some seven times).Ciao!
You're right about the data. I filled in the online application for Marcus a couple years ago when a similar offer was in play. Turns out I was required to unfreeze access to my credit reports for the transaction to proceed. At that point I passed, for exactly the reasons you state, figuring that having my money in their accounts should have been enough.
No disrespect intended, but given Congress' current track record... I hope the services you highlight are indeed helping people, below the level of dysfunction that is constantly paraded before us.
I currently have a HELOC with no annual fee. I don't expect to use it, but it is a nice tool to have access to should some unforeseen circumstances arise. To borrow your term, it is strategic potential debt.
Yes, the bottom 20% need the help you specify. How are they helped by giving billions of tax advantages to the super wealthy? Are those who have achieved outsized success unable to get by on 100, 500, or 1000 million? These are the numbers in play for the ultra wealthy. Soon you have an oligarchy, with no connection for the poor fellow who only has 50 million and a small luxury yacht.
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Indeed! To force ourselves not to work all the time, my wife and I bought a vacation house within two hours of our main house that made each weekend a getaway weekend (even on those occasions we brought work along). The change of scene from urban to woods and lake was constantly restorative for over two decades. Now our new main house is in the southernmost USA, and the old weekend vacation house has become our getaway home to escape the brutal heat and humidity down here in the summer. So, I agree it's good to combine working with carpe diem, if that's possible. We also managed about fifteen European trips during those decades, self-planned and guided; especially to Italy, our favorite (some seven times).Ciao!
Post: Carpe diem – especially in retirement
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It would have been a new account.
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You're right about the data. I filled in the online application for Marcus a couple years ago when a similar offer was in play. Turns out I was required to unfreeze access to my credit reports for the transaction to proceed. At that point I passed, for exactly the reasons you state, figuring that having my money in their accounts should have been enough.
Post: Marcus Savings Bonus Offer
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Very glad to hear about your experience; thanks for adding such an encouraging example!
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No disrespect intended, but given Congress' current track record... I hope the services you highlight are indeed helping people, below the level of dysfunction that is constantly paraded before us.
Post: Banking problem
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Inflation, too, should get credit for making more millionaires.
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I currently have a HELOC with no annual fee. I don't expect to use it, but it is a nice tool to have access to should some unforeseen circumstances arise. To borrow your term, it is strategic potential debt.
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LOL
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Yes, the bottom 20% need the help you specify. How are they helped by giving billions of tax advantages to the super wealthy? Are those who have achieved outsized success unable to get by on 100, 500, or 1000 million? These are the numbers in play for the ultra wealthy. Soon you have an oligarchy, with no connection for the poor fellow who only has 50 million and a small luxury yacht.
Post: Investments Tax
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You didn't make what up? The reference is unclear. I am not talking about pay or earnings, but the unearned income of billionaires.
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