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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:15 PM Original message |
"make sure you've got a year's income-worth of savings" |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have a years income worth of savings |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. reminds me of the retirement savings advice where 2 million |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. 2 million |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. You better hope you live a LONG time... and keep working |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. My best friend |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. That's nearly 80 years of my current GROSS income. |
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Mme. Defarge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. My motto ... |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Hey, it's easy to get 10% return each year -- 10% of zero is zero. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. I thought I had about 18 months of savings |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. We call that "Nat'l Bank of Mom".. |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. I am your competitor...LOL. I charge no interest either and always get paid back...n/t |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I get paid back too.. from 2 out of 3 sons |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Hahaha, my "borrower" is in the food end of the country club set, |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. I used to know where a store kept its cash stash |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Watch out. I had bitched about this on a thread a while back (advice |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. I do find it troubling |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Ha! There's no good explanation for that, I agree. |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Suze Orman said something stupid like that on Morning Joe the other day. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Suze Orman is a fucking dolt. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. She's the Dr. Phil of finance |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. God, she's as annoying as Scabby Joe. nt |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Worse |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. You can't watch PBS anymore (except for Moyers and Frontline). Not since the Contract On America. nt |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Cooking shows and Jane Austen books in Masterpiece Theatre is all |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I'd rather watch Bad Girl's Club and Millionaire Matchmaker on satellite tv. I have no shame about |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. During the fund drives I get endless musical and |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 03:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. I get ATK and Cook's Country in Nebraska--I TIVO them. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. I know. They live in another world don't they? When I made 35% less than |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. They only know platitudes. Critical thinking isn't part of their makeup. nt |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. dream on--but a sensible social safety net is totally out of the question for these people |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. A year's worth of income in savings is a great goal. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. What's left of my savings is about 4 years worth of income |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. Pretty free and easy with the advice, aren't they? |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. ROFL ROFL ROFL |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. yes.. call right now and tell them you want the 90 ft yacht..not the 100 ft one |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Gasp!! |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. Okay. I'm only about 51 weeks short here. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. I've been out of work for a year so I guess I do have a year's income worth of savings. |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. Or, "make other plans" |
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ComtesseDeSpair (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
29. I have $45.00 in my savings account right now... |
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teenagebambam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
34. Stopped paying my mortgage |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
35. I did have that much money |
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maynard (514 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. I used to have retirement w/ AIG |
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