It was an ok article....
Kind of smacks of 'Ten Reasons You Should Never Get A Job".
Which in it's self is kind of funny. I picture a world in which everybody follows Steve's advice. Now we move twenty five years into the future, roads in disarray, bridges and infrastructure falling apart. And everyone sitting around with extended bellies and flies all over them like the people I see on Sunday morning TV. And all because we followed Steve's advice, and nobody wanted to be a sucker and work for a living.
Only one problem were not all pizza delivery men.....
Let's see.....Firemen for the one of the highest paid departments in the U.S. Paid vacation, paid sick days, paid personal time, paid Holidays. Full pension for life, that means six figures for hanging with the Family doing whatever I want.
My wife is a School Teacher in the same County. Same paid vacation, sick days, personal and Family leave, all paid for. Again, full pension. Now for the kicker, we both have full major medical 100% catastrophic coverage for us and are children, for life. This also includes dental and eye....
Yea I feel like a sucker. I assume you pay out of pocket for these things now. I'm curious to know how you will pay for these things in the future, say ten to twenty years from now. BTW I also owned and operated my own Masonry contracting business for 23 years. which I just sold off and liquidated for a very large sum. I did this freely because of my fixed income job. A lot of firemen and Teachers, Cops are able to work their fixed income job and have a second business on the side. Most people can find good fixed income jobs that handle the cost of things like health insurance, to name one very important asset. And still allow you to pursue other goals. Fixed income provides a steady flow of money while you refine your goals, point is you can still have both. But success doesn't come without hard work, and I think it's irresponsible to tell people otherwise. I'm sure you didn't achieve your status without it.....
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