1/2 U.S. personal bankruptcies from medical bills

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Kidicious


You couldn't get the point if you were stuck with it.

You really do drive me nuts sometimes.

The overwhelming evidence is that intelligent people find ways to make very decent livings for themselves.

Some don't, but often they have other serious problems which make them next to unemployable, no matter what economic system they would be living under.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


You really do drive me nuts sometimes.

The overwhelming evidence is that intelligent people find ways to make very decent livings for themselves.

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Some don't, but often they have other serious problems which make them next to unemployable, no matter what economic system they would be living under.

Or they have chosen to prioritize other things above what you or I might characterize as a decent living-- I'm thinking of people who might live in abject poverty whil attempting to give assistance.

or the very bright person that would rather read poetry than work more and is quite content to live on 25K a year

[KrazyHorse]

From a pure productivity point of view I'd have to call those "problems"...

[KrazyHorse]

I certainly haven't prioritised money in my life, but I'm still set to pull in 80 k by the time I'm 35 and continue a slow increase for the rest of my working life.

[KrazyHorse]

My girlfriend has prioritised money slightly more and will quite possibly make 150 k at some point before she's 40, despite having to "only" get a master's degree.

My cousin and his wife each pull in 6 figures with their CAs, etc.

[Japher]

What's a CA?

[KrazyHorse]

chartered accountant

[KrazyHorse]

first you get your BComm degree in finance or accountancy and then you go for more classes after a few years in the workforce, take an exam and get a CA

[Japher]

Like a CPA here.

CPAs can make very good money. very boring job, but good money.

I actually know one accountant who was corporate accountant in the CA central valley for several canneries. He saw that the spending was getting out of hand and that earnings weren't moving in the right direction. Despite his insisting to the owners that they change their ways and put more into marketing they did nothing and eventually went bankrupt. He pulled all his resources and exhausted all his contacts and bought the place out right. He now owns a very successful canning and jarring company that focuses on those silly little jars of pickled garlic, ginger, ect. for "gormet" snobs. Needless to say, he never has to worry about money, or even work for money again...

Yup, brains and determination go a long way, and if you're really smart you can minimize the amount of "work" you really have to do.

[KrazyHorse]

CPA and CA are different. He might have a CPA also (think he does)

CPAs specialise more in tax laws IIRC (could very well be wrong)

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Flubber
Oh and kid I decided to read up a bit so I picked up a book entitled " A short history of communism"

Which one: Harvey or Greenburg? If it's the Harvey, I might return it. Having read the first few pages on Amazon, it's pretty bad so far.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


Which one: Harvey or Greenburg? If it's the Harvey, I might return it. Having read the first few pages on Amazon, it's pretty bad so far.

its a library book-- I hardly ever purchase books

As for the author Ithink it may be Harvey but I don't actually recall.

If by bad you mean obviously anti-communist, this may be the one. After I took it home, I read the dust jacket foreword (written by someone else) and the rhetoric was pretty thick ( but no worse than the pro-American bullcrap in a book I picked up about terrorism.

I'll still read some of it to see if its worth continuing

[chequita guevara]

I can handle anti-Communist. Pipes has a short book on the history of Communism that isn't as bad as what I read so far. I disagree with Pipes, but I don't find him distorting the facts.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Flubber
Oh and kid I decided to read up a bit so I picked up a book entitled " A short history of communism" -- It promises to give an analysis and comparison of the communist experience in a number of different countries. I think it will be enlightening and will share once I finish my current book on India

I guess so that you can accuss me of supporting govts that I don't support.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
You really do drive me nuts sometimes.

You're already nuts.