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The Death of the McMansion-When housing market returns, we'll want smaller homes closer together
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| May 11, 2011
| Witold Rybczynski
Posted on 05/30/2011 9:29:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
I love how the liberals at Slate use the word "we" when talking about what they'd like for the rest of us. Most of their nastiness and hate comes from nothing more than envy, and there's no primordial envy more intense than size envy. The left goes bonkers over the size of other people's houses, cars, families, pets, food portions, and anything else visible. The best way to handle their size envy issues is to laugh out loud at them, call out their envy, and mock them at every opportunity. Our future freedom depends on it.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:04:58 PM PDT
by
Reeses
To: whd23
Just a reminder...I said that it should include both the employee and the employer contribution, because both come out of my cost to the employer for me as an employee. That would halve the interest rate for forty years of employee-only contributions: 15.67% (your figures) and that is reasonable for most of those years. So that require an interest rate of 7.84% to net a return of $900,000. I earned at or exceeded the max for 40 years, btw.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:12:14 PM PDT
by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
To: Oculus III; Admin Moderator
Troll zotted by admin mod.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:22:09 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
To: Jim Robinson
Thanks. Saved me from trying to look at the profile page to determine the outcome.
To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
There are two reasons why I didn't use the simplistic "employee FICA X 2" for an estimated contribution rate:
1) The self-employed didn't pay double the employee rate (until 1989), and
2) Had you received the employer's portion of FICA in your paycheck you would have had to pay income tax on it, thereby reducing it's value
However, to be more accurate I broke out the OASI portion of FICA and used that to yield the following results (again, using the S&P actual returns for the yearly portfolio return):
Employee portfolio balance: |
$652,549.36 |
Self-employed portfolio balance: |
$1,090,476.22 |
Employee OASI X 2 portfolio balance: |
$1,305,098.71 |
And the year-in, year-out return required for the "employee OASI X 2" contribution rate portfolio to yield a balance of $2,000,000 is: 13.4%. Not a consistent return that's likely to be achieved each and every year for forty years.
If you think that the entire FICA tax should be doubled and included as your contribution, then you'd need to earn a year-in, year-out rate of return of 11.98% every year for forty years. Again, not a realistic consistent rate of return.
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posted on
05/31/2011 2:15:01 PM PDT
by
whd23
(Every time a link is de-blogged an angel gets its wings.)
To: Oculus III
Stupid Troll.
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posted on
05/31/2011 2:37:55 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
To: whd23
We could banter this back and forth unendingly. Consider that I did have an investment portfolio worth $1 million. Even today this could easily earn 5%. That is $50,000 a year income, vs $19,000 today from Soc Sec. And when I pass, the $1 million would still be there for my heirs. And yes, there might be some income taxes to pay on that, but there are income taxes to pay on Soc Sec income too.
The bottom line of my argument is that the Soc Sec check I get now is not welfare, in any way, shape or form. If the sharks in Government mismanaged the money they took from me, that is their problem, and they should be held accountable.
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posted on
05/31/2011 3:47:27 PM PDT
by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
(I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
To: Oculus III; 230FMJ; 50mm; A.Hun; abigailsmybaby; AFPhys; Aircop_2006; AliVeritas; Allegra; ...
Oh really!
Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Viking Kitty/ZOT ping list!. . . don't be shy.
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posted on
05/31/2011 5:28:12 PM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Lets get dangerous)
To: Oculus III
PROTIP: Keep hammering button A on your controlller, maybe you’ll respawn!
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posted on
05/31/2011 5:39:25 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
To: Oculus III
130
posted on
05/31/2011 5:40:30 PM PDT
by
RedMDer
(restoration of our honor, dignity, and freedoms will save America. - Sarah Palin)
To: Oculus III
131
posted on
05/31/2011 5:41:23 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Woah, Obama will appease Trump, but not Lakin? Thanks LSM)
To: Oculus III
But when the government killed the railroads with their gigantic, socialist freeway systems, it was all over.Is / was that you Willie Green?
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posted on
05/31/2011 5:44:45 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(zero hates Texas and we hate him back.)
To: Oculus III
Only for child molesters like you.
Hilarious. You Leftist hacks can't help calling people terribly insulting and dangerous things when your flimsy arguments fall apart. ZOT you later dude. Enjoy intercity living.
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posted on
05/31/2011 5:45:45 PM PDT
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: darkwing104; Oculus III
You were havested for yer organs by the Viking Kitties, troll.
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posted on
05/31/2011 5:58:53 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: Oculus III; Pan_Yan
Got Zot?
BYE
And don’t be panning our Pan Yan!
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posted on
05/31/2011 6:09:24 PM PDT
by
Vendome
("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
To: darkwing104; Pan_Yan; Oculus III; 230FMJ; 50mm; A.Hun; abigailsmybaby; AFPhys; Aircop_2006; ...
That dude must have broke free from his straight jacket.
Weird.
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posted on
05/31/2011 6:11:39 PM PDT
by
Vendome
("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
To: Oculus III
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posted on
05/31/2011 6:24:22 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(Crouch as low as possible to the floor and cover your head with your hands.)
To: Oculus III; darkwing104; Admin Moderator; 50mm; stephenjohnbanker; SunkenCiv; paulycy; ...
Elitist disruptor troll gets a hot electric escort off the site thanks to Admin Moderator
Image by Paulycy
No personal attacks, except on moron trolls.
To: TheOldLady
Ahhhh...love the smell of ozone in the evening. G’bye troll! :)
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posted on
05/31/2011 6:40:51 PM PDT
by
luvie
(RUN SARAH...R U N!)
To: Arrowhead1952
Is / was that you Willie Green? ...could be...
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posted on
05/31/2011 6:49:14 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
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