Ya if you get 6 figures in your twenties, the smartest thing you can do is invest that ASAP in proper index fund. Blowing 30 to 40k on a new car is setting the rest of your financial life up for disaster. And yes there will be who disagree. Those people also will never retire early, and will argue that their happiness…

Because lobbyists.

I can’t stress enough how important it is to invest in your 401k, especially if you have matching investments by your company (hard to find a return like that!).

OK.. this is NOT Comcast.. it’s a subcontractor with the comcast logo on the side - jeez.

“Lets make the facts louder than the opinions.”

starred for delightful Cobol reference

Cancel the order... and then what? Keep spending more and more on maintenance of an aging, outdated plane and its tech? Just let the President fly coach?

That’s not what average means, that would be the median. Average is the ammount everyone would have if it was distributed evenly: If 4 people owe 10, 15 20, and 55 dollars respectively the average is 25. In that case only a quarter of people are above average. The median is 17.5, which does (by definition) have half…

“(And recall some math: average means half the debt slaves are above that number.)“

I think it should be added, that there is no real point in striving for certain tax brackets, a lot of people do not seem to understand that it’s only money that falls into the next tax bracket that will be taxed at a higher rate. Any money that falls below the higher bracket still get’s taxed at the lower rate.

nah

She was probably just trying to make TE.

That isn’t how interest works. That would be simple interest; they are not charging simple interest. Compound interest at that rate (assuming this is a month to month term, which it could be even shorter given the vague dates op is giving here) would be 8% like you said, but 8% compounded over 12 periods is an…

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The good thing is they aren’t stuck with this failing business model for an entire season, they can choose a new one everyday!

“Hi! It looks like you’re trying to run an A-2 Gap Slant? Would you like help running an A-2 Gap Slant?”

This has gone beyond “not liking” the guy.

Getting tackled by a girl is nothing to be ashamed of. Now getting tackled by a kicker...

Wait. So the kid was like “I have a STEM degree, where is my job?” and Trump was like, “What if you assembled iPhones? Wouldn’t that be cool?”