Yearly Income
#76
05-20-2009, 10:38 AM
On a side note – generally I have found that the ppl that brag about how much money they have usually don’t have as much as they want ppl to think… and people with lots of money rarely flaunt it – I know a few people personally that make $500K-1M and when hanging out with them you’d never know it.
The richest people I know drive normal cars. One drives a Dakota pick-up truck, the other one a Ford Focus. These guys are millionaires to the point they no longer need to work. Meanwhile people i know who live paycheck to paycheck love to flaunt their money. I always shake my head at the people who walk around with $400-500+ in cash in their pocket but yet don't have a savings account at all.
I've come to find it true that people who talk about all their money tend to be the ones who don't actually have it. The reason being the people who do have money don't want anyone to know...esp in tough times like these. That's when your friend you haven't seen in 10 years or you bum brother-in-law decides to show up at your door asking for some help.
Granted this is the internet, so who knows if anything everyone posts is even true at all. It's on a computer screen. I could tell you guys i'm the VP of a start-up medical device company and make $250K/year and you'd really have no way to know if that was true, or not. (it's not BTW). Plus, this is G35driver, and we have a lot of younger members here are very image conscience. I doubt they readily want to admit in a public forum their parents bought them their car and they put in a huge stereo, 19" rims and other performance mods that we would all drool over on a minimum wage job at McDonalds. Some might not have a prob admitting it at all, but you all know there are prob a few people here who soak all their cash into a fancy car, rims, gold chains, etc and try to float the image when they really can't.
Plus location plays a huge role. $40K/year in Illinois is not the same as $40K/year in California. I think average HOUSEHOLD income in the US is around $45K/year for two working people. That's roughly $20Kish each. In some parts of the country, this will easily get you a house, car, and lead a cozy life. In other parts of the country, $45K/year household won't get you crap. In some parts, you could make $80K/year as an individual and still not be able to juggle a mortgage, car payment and other misc bills.
My point is the guy with the $80K/year job could in reality be "poorer" than the guy with the $35K/year job but lives in a place with a cheaper cost of living.
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Better have been a Breitling....lol Where in Houston you at? Im moving to The Woodlands next week
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He is selling his 2002 GT Mustang. http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/1180974986.html
Check it out!! and let me know if you are interested. Northwest Houston.
Check it out!! and let me know if you are interested. Northwest Houston.
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05-20-2009, 10:09 PM
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05-20-2009, 10:23 PM
^^ Fo Sho, pm me, I wanna find some meets down there as well.
I personally think you should always make yourself marketable, and that way you are always prepared for the worst. To the point that if you lose your job, you wont have much trouble finding a new one. Whether that means a degree, or more training in your field, whatever it may be. Its just my opinion that if you cant find a job, it is your fault first. Everyone gets screwed at some point in life, but like I said, you cant just be complacent and hope things work out for the best. People thought I was crazy for getting out of the military in this bad economy, I took the entire summer off and after only a week of job searching was hired somewhere. I had no contacts, no prior knowledge of the job posting, just made myself marketable and looked really hard for one. I know location has alot to do with it, but like I said, if you're unprepared, thats no ones fault but your own. Myself included. Im not bashing on anyone or anything like that, I just like to take the "personal responsibility" approach with things in life as opposed to wasting time blaming the system or someone else. That will get you nowhere just my .02
I personally think you should always make yourself marketable, and that way you are always prepared for the worst. To the point that if you lose your job, you wont have much trouble finding a new one. Whether that means a degree, or more training in your field, whatever it may be. Its just my opinion that if you cant find a job, it is your fault first. Everyone gets screwed at some point in life, but like I said, you cant just be complacent and hope things work out for the best. People thought I was crazy for getting out of the military in this bad economy, I took the entire summer off and after only a week of job searching was hired somewhere. I had no contacts, no prior knowledge of the job posting, just made myself marketable and looked really hard for one. I know location has alot to do with it, but like I said, if you're unprepared, thats no ones fault but your own. Myself included. Im not bashing on anyone or anything like that, I just like to take the "personal responsibility" approach with things in life as opposed to wasting time blaming the system or someone else. That will get you nowhere just my .02
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05-21-2009, 03:29 PM
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