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hobbit709

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3. If I had $50K a year coming in, it would let me do whatever I wanted.

Reply to Bunnahabhain (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2013, 12:27 PM

Aug 2013

But then I don't need a fancy house or car.

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How much money would you need to never work again? [View all] Bunnahabhain Aug 2013 OP

6 - 7 million aikoaiko Aug 2013 #1

I would always want to be doing something useful. canoeist52 Aug 2013 #2

If I had $50K a year coming in, it would let me do whatever I wanted. hobbit709 Aug 2013 #3

What do you mean by 'work?' leftstreet Aug 2013 #4

Never working again can lead to a quick death quinnox Aug 2013 #5

That usually means they weren't laboring at home leftstreet Aug 2013 #16

Well, exactly. People who die from 'not working' generally never lifted a finger at home Nay Aug 2013 #38

+1 You got that right! nt wandy Aug 2013 #23

What would I do if I didn't work? MineralMan Aug 2013 #6

I think I could probably just make it from now to grave on $500,000. closeupready Aug 2013 #7

I go nuts on the weekends if I don't have anything to do liberal N proud Aug 2013 #8

Yup. Igel Aug 2013 #9

I do volunteer work hollysmom Aug 2013 #15

1.25 - 1.5 million. HughBeaumont Aug 2013 #10

But when you're dead BlueToTheBone Aug 2013 #25

30k/year 50 years 1.5 mil. Less if it earns interest. n/t PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #11

Moot question to me. lpbk2713 Aug 2013 #12

Well, when I was laid off in my late 50's, I was offered a few not great jobs by friends, hollysmom Aug 2013 #13

Unanswerable. Igel Aug 2013 #14

Give me 20 bucks right now TlalocW Aug 2013 #17

heh, yup quinnox Aug 2013 #19

LOL, there we go. closeupready Aug 2013 #28

How much you got? Fuddnik Aug 2013 #18

We are sort of doing that in my household - TBF Aug 2013 #20

75,000 /year x 75 years = ~ $5.5 million Dash87 Aug 2013 #21

Will retire in a little over a year at 65 1/2 HERVEPA Aug 2013 #22

I think I worked it out to be 5 million laundry_queen Aug 2013 #24

I don't work now. bitchkitty Aug 2013 #26

I can tell you how I did it ... 1-Old-Man Aug 2013 #27

So what if it works for you? For most people it doesn't, and don't think you have any control duffyduff Aug 2013 #41

Luck so far, until random shit falls out of the sky. hunter Aug 2013 #45

Work is mandatory and = what you have to do in order to survive. Bunnahabhain Aug 2013 #29

The key isn't money, it's ownership HereSince1628 Aug 2013 #30

Money buys ownership if you want it to. Bunnahabhain Aug 2013 #33

Yes, IF you have it. HereSince1628 Aug 2013 #34

Depends. How long am I going to live? Seriously, I love my work. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #31

A lot. Only 24, and I know things are only going to get more expensive. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #32

1 Million Minimum cantbeserious Aug 2013 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author Adam051188 Aug 2013 #36

Actually not much at all.... Fix The Stupid Aug 2013 #37

Nothing. I've got some experience as a feral human. hunter Aug 2013 #39

50k a year, for life n/t duffyduff Aug 2013 #40

Money would allow me to work more Duer 157099 Aug 2013 #42

I imagine many of us think this. Bunnahabhain Aug 2013 #43

Yeah, but you're working FOR someone and their beliefs/vision woodsprite Aug 2013 #44