Paraphrasing former Senator Dirkson (sp?), “a trillion here, a trillion there, pretty soon you’re talking about real money.”
Since Monopoly has stopped using paper money, the loonies in the Communist Party can pay for their boondoggles with Monopoly money.
When my oldest was eight, my wife and I paid off our mortgage early. It was a heavy lift, but we did it.
From that time on, we put the “mortgage” payment into 529 Savings, to pay for college. Month after month, year after year, we kept on paying a mortgage, because we knew that is what it would take to have the money available when the kids got ready to go to college.
Time passes, college rolled around, and the money was there. The kids will graduate without crushing debt. We were on the right side of the interest rate, all the way.
In other words, I’m a schmuck.
I should have just spent the money. I should be driving the Mercedes, and I should own an airplane. I should have been eating the richest food and drinking the finest wine. I was an idiot to save for my children’s education, because that is a bill I would not have to pay.
I did the right thing. I scrimped and saved. I am a schmuck.
“Since Monopoly has stopped using paper money~~”
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What! Say it ain’t so!!!! When and why did this happen!!!!?