Posted on 09/14/2022 1:11:14 PM PDT by sodpoodle
This crap article was written by a retarded high school sophomore who’s been stoned out of his gourd for 25 years.
Confiscatory taxation is and has been part of the problem.
Exactly. I’ve ranted here time and again about people paying more in taxes than they need to. Why give Mother Government use of your money for a YEAR while you wait for a refund - that gets taxed again as INCOME?
But, I’m just a dumb hick from the sticks who lives below the radar and retired at age 56, debt free. What do I know? ;)
“Good Housekeeping”!
I ended up getting that mag as a substitute when another went out of business, to fulfill to the end of my subscription.
I agree. These days, it is totally PM, Woke trash. It goes straight to recycling, and I toss any letters they send asking me to renew.
I also noticed their book reviews each month changed drastically. They’d pick a skin shade OTHER than white or the current sexual perversion and all the books ‘reviewed’ would be about that. That’s pushing an AGENDA, Folks!
How many advertising dollars could possibly be made, PANDERING to the smallest percentages of people out there? I KNOW how to run a business; that’s NOT how it’s done.
It would be interesting to see what the actual demographics are of each magazine. When I ran my Garden Center, my ‘average customer’ was a 50+ year old female with plenty of expendable cash. I knew her. I WAS her! However, I had products and plants, trees and shrubs that encompassed ALL income levels.
Know who were some of my best customers? Mail Order Russian Brides, LOL! Yep. They were THRILLED that now that they had a husband and some anchor babies and a home and a YARD that they could grow a lot of fruits, veggies, trees and shrubs that were native to Mother Russia, right here in Wisconsin. They were a trip. And as gorgeous as could be. ;)
“I put my SS check immediately into savings.”
I start SS in another few months. That’s right where mine is going, too. Saving/Investing. :)
I’ll make more retired than I do working. It’s a good thing until you start using up that what used to be $1M in the 401k.
Yep. Government-induced problems, with seemingly no solutions, are battering us on every shore. Glad I’m on the back-end of my run. :(
There will be an 8-10% increase in benefits in 2023, depending on inflation.
Your comments are generally valid—but just remember that the Boomers were raised by parents who taught them (or failed to teach them) their values.
;-)
“Teach your parents well!”
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