"For Many Years to Come" - Page 3

stuckingfk · May 29th, 2003, 12:43

Seems we had the same train of thought Doug!! Kind of funny we were both typing something about his quote, you beat me by a few minutes though.

jtrain609 · May 29th, 2003, 12:46

Caro, Michigan; live in the middle of a farm field. You can probably find a house for that.

Cheers

John Herreshoff

Doug Taylor · May 29th, 2003, 12:55

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Seems we had the same train of thought Doug!! Kind of funny we were both typing something about his quote, you beat me by a few minutes though.

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I had to edit it and add some personal experience!

Re read!

Snow · May 29th, 2003, 21:48

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Should we then donate everything else as Excess cash?

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No I'm not saying that at all, but I'm saying there is a difference between what we need and what we WANT. I don't think people should complain about not being able to afford to get their BMW detailed this weekend. OK so that's an extreme example. I think $100k a year or whatever is enough to buy everything you NEED and some of what you WANT, it's a rare case when someone has enough money to buy everything they WANT, maybe the King of Bruni who buys rare supercars in one of each color.

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As a capitalist, I work under the idea that I want people to pay me for what I do. If they are not willing to pay me what **I** think it is worth,

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I agree totatly, if you earn your money and are highly qualifed then you should be paid for your services. I belive doctors earn every dollar they get, hell I would want to be if I spent 12 yrs in college racking up large amounts of debt like my brother in law has.

I think my point is somewhere along the lines of we don't have unlimited incomes and we need to pick and choose what we spend it on. My cousin owns a 40f powerboat off living on a brewry worker's and teacher's sallery and paid to put their daugther through college. They like their boat and live in a slightly smaller house and drive slightly older cars in order to own it. Every thing in life is a trade off, unfortunatly you can't have it all.

As for the $45,000 house , that is the price my grandmother's house sold for in Portsmouth, VA. When I mean nice neabourhood I mean low crime and nice neabours not 'rich', I'd say it is very much a working class neabourhood, my grandad was a mechanic most of his life, but I'm not above living in a place like that.

May 29th, 2003, 12:43	#51
stuckingfk Old Skool Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: El Forko Grande Posts: 2,630	Re: \"For Many Years to Come\" Seems we had the same train of thought Doug!! Kind of funny we were both typing something about his quote, you beat me by a few minutes though.

May 29th, 2003, 12:46	#52
jtrain609 Old Skool Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Park City, UT Posts: 12,869	Re: \"For Many Years to Come\" Caro, Michigan; live in the middle of a farm field. You can probably find a house for that. Cheers John Herreshoff

May 29th, 2003, 12:55	#53
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 41,926 Blog Entries: 1	Re: \"For Many Years to Come\" [ QUOTE ] Seems we had the same train of thought Doug!! Kind of funny we were both typing something about his quote, you beat me by a few minutes though. [/ QUOTE ] I had to edit it and add some personal experience! Re read!

May 29th, 2003, 21:48	#54
Snow Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 870	Re: \"For Many Years to Come\" [ QUOTE ] Should we then donate everything else as Excess cash? [/ QUOTE ] No I'm not saying that at all, but I'm saying there is a difference between what we need and what we WANT. I don't think people should complain about not being able to afford to get their BMW detailed this weekend. OK so that's an extreme example. I think $100k a year or whatever is enough to buy everything you NEED and some of what you WANT, it's a rare case when someone has enough money to buy everything they WANT, maybe the King of Bruni who buys rare supercars in one of each color. [ QUOTE ] As a capitalist, I work under the idea that I want people to pay me for what I do. If they are not willing to pay me what I think it is worth, [/ QUOTE ] I agree totatly, if you earn your money and are highly qualifed then you should be paid for your services. I belive doctors earn every dollar they get, hell I would want to be if I spent 12 yrs in college racking up large amounts of debt like my brother in law has. I think my point is somewhere along the lines of we don't have unlimited incomes and we need to pick and choose what we spend it on. My cousin owns a 40f powerboat off living on a brewry worker's and teacher's sallery and paid to put their daugther through college. They like their boat and live in a slightly smaller house and drive slightly older cars in order to own it. Every thing in life is a trade off, unfortunatly you can't have it all. As for the $45,000 house , that is the price my grandmother's house sold for in Portsmouth, VA. When I mean nice neabourhood I mean low crime and nice neabours not 'rich', I'd say it is very much a working class neabourhood, my grandad was a mechanic most of his life, but I'm not above living in a place like that.

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