[RKBA Democrat]

An interesting twist on budgeting. I think you should live on a written budget if you've never done so as it is rather eye opening as to where you spend your money.

Hit tip to TBW2 for the link.

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[sickoflibs]

Is there a way to borrow money and never have to pay it back like the government does?

[Opinionated Blowhard]

All this is great if you assume that your retirement savings don’t become a big, fat target for the government to take when they run out of money. It will happen. We are getting to the point where saving will be worthless because the non-savers will get subsidies from Uncle Sam and the savers will be penalized.

[sheana]

if you’ve done the math, you can see that following this plan means living on as little as one-half to even one-third of your gross earnings.

And then once the government takes at least their 25% of what’s left you are gonna live on 25% or less of your gross?
No point in working.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

First of all, thank you for these posts. I LOVE The Dollar Stretcher - was published one month in the beginning of the site when I e-mailed Gary about how far I could stretch one roasted chicken, LOL!

Secondly, budgeting is something I could ALWAYS be better at, so thanks for the reminder. I mean, I live pretty close to the bone, but I only have 8-10 years to stash more cash and pay off my little farm before I live my dream of farming for myself and teaching others how to do so on a small, self-sufficient scale.

Barring any dismemberment in a heinous farm machinery accident, I’m pretty sure I can pull it off. :)

(Oh, and...FUBO! FU Congress! I loathe you ALL with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns!)

[Idaho_Cowboy]

The old depression era saying comes to mind: Use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without. It’s a way of life.