Iran, a Nuclear Power?

"Miracle" <GetLost.TakeThisOut@yourexpense.com> wrote in news:43c626c4$1_1
@news6.uncensored-news.com:

> Of course, there are exceptions- I hear some poor folks
> who come into money throw it away on anything, and
> don't take care to hang onto some.

My mom's like that. She's pretty frugal but it seems like she feels guilty
at holding onto it, so she gives it away pretty quick. I'm constantly
worrying about finding myself poor so I save it away. She's constantly
throwing money at me, so I tuck it away for the rainy day when she's going
to need it again.
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On 13 Jan 2006 06:36:50 GMT, "Miracle" <GetLost DeleteThis @yourexpense.com>
wrote:

>Smeghead wrote:
>> It always has amazed me to read the stories of people who win the
>> lottery and become millionaires over night, and become poor again
>> almost as quickly.
>>
>> I guess they sit there watching Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and
>> mentally work up a ridiculous shopping list. Not realizing that the
>> rich and famous always have an influx of more cash to maintain that
>> style of life.
>>
>> Maintenance is the key word there. A large house is a moneypit to
>> maintain. A yacht or other similarly large boat also requires costly
>> maintenance.
>>
>> People want to instantly retire. I would invest. Do a working
>> retirement, where my interests and hobbies could return a dividend.
>>
>> But bet your ass I would have a no-compromises top-end PC!
>
>
> LOL I'd probably go crazy and buy some store-bought clothes.
>

Will the materialism of the western world ever cease?!

> BUT- only if the skirts had *pockets*!!!! LOL

You and your fancy pockets! Can the earth and her resources continue
to support your massive consumption? How many forests will you destroy
in your lust for POCKETS?!


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Miracle wrote:
> Now that's *smart*. Two years after we married, Ross didn't
> think we could afford to buy a home. Guess who shocked the hell
> out of him by having saved all the money we'd need out of her
> grocery budget?

Buying a home out of a grocery budget is quite a trick.

> Yep, me. He was floored, but still to this day pooh-poohs the
> savings account concept. Yet all the big-name financial advisors
> tell you to "pay yourself first!" by setting aside part of your pay
> before you pay the bills.

We're currently being plagued by dozens of "Cheapest loan" adverts on
TV. Even some of the bigger banks have stepped in the arena.

"Getting E20,000 has never been easier! Get that kitchen you always
wanted, or that car!" People don't realize that 'loan' means 'debt'. It
does something awful to your creditrating for mortgages, too (we don't
have the Gestapo-like credit checks Americans sometimes get, but
outstanding loans are a big turnoff)

And saving money? Things are getting more expensive every year, and I'm
not talking about inflation. Health care insurance (mandatory, as
always) just got a fairly major price hike for most people. That was a
'prestigeproject' of some jackass in parliament. And then you are told
on TV that Dutch folk are saving too much money, they need to SPEND
SPEND to get the economy rolling again.

Yeah.
--
Frank
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Miracle wrote:
> We're inundated with adverts for "home equity lines of credit",
> which is simply a new way to say "second mortgage". Which means,
> that you'll be in debt until goodness knows when. Or you croak. }

Yes. "A fast and easy loan based on hypothecary (hypotheek being
mortgage) certainty" as a rough translation. That means that if you
don't pay up, your house is forfeit, same as with the regular mortgage.

> They'll never get us as customers, but I'm wondering how many
> folks have had to do that. I mean, how else to send a child to college
> when it costs so much?

That's another thing. College costs about E1500 a year for tuition, and
(quite) a few hundred for books, here. It's a legal limit if you're in
the appropriate age bracket and haven't been there more than 10 years.
Schools get paid by the state when a student graduates.

That's affordable. I can pay for that easily with my job-on-the-side.
They wanted to double that. Lots of folks wouldn't be able to cough that
up as easily.

What's it cost in the US?
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Frank van Schie <frankNOSPAM.DeleteThis@email.it> wrote in news:SOOdnX4_
0qXO31XeRVnyrA.DeleteThis@casema.nl:

> you are told on TV that Dutch folk are saving too much money, they
> need to SPEND SPEND to get the economy rolling again.

Don't you just love economic ignorance in the media? It's like ignorance
about science in general.

In this case, presumably they think that anyone who saves is putting his
money under the mattress, and removing it from the economy. I would think
that the Dutch are smart enough to *invest* their saved money, either in a
bank or stocks or bonds, all of which are various ways to loan the money to
someone *else* to spend. Lending is simply a way for people who are willing
to not spend their money immediately to get compensated for their
frugalness, while keeping the money productively circulating.
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Miracle wrote:

> Strike & Co. wrote:
>
>><delurk>
>><re-lurk>
>
>
>
> Ah, thank you for coming out of Lurkdom for a bit! That
> was very interesting. Now, if you would do me a kind favor
> just out of my curiosity, and answer one more question:
> Are you "white"? That is, "caucasion"?

Yes; male also.

> Please be assured that I ask only because I'm curious
> about your grants and scholarships- I would like to believe
> that so-called "minority" students are eligible (and receive)
> the same help with college expenses, but it's been my
> experience that not as many receive the same help as "white"
> students when it comes to four-year programs.

Well, my single data point doesn't help you then, I think.


-Strike & Co.
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On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:09:39 -0500, "Strike & Co."
<strykeslammerii.TakeThisOut@juno.com> wrote:

>Miracle wrote:
>
>> Strike & Co. wrote:
>>
>>><delurk>
>>><re-lurk>
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>>
>> Ah, thank you for coming out of Lurkdom for a bit! That
>> was very interesting. Now, if you would do me a kind favor
>> just out of my curiosity, and answer one more question:
>> Are you "white"? That is, "caucasion"?
>
>Yes; male also.

Of course. Because "David" would make a funny girls name, Cpt. Morgan.

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