how did you do in 2017?

Underground Scientist

Underground Scientist

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Big Promotion, Big Raise, Stress and Responsibility off the charts mixed in with Pride and Glory. Family is good, I think they still recognize who I am...lol. Learned a fair amount in the grow room.
 
18B

18B

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Still retired and looks like ill be able to stay that way now that the stock market is kicking and the money exchange rate is finally profitable again....
 
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somedude584

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Met the love of my life, dealt with the worst roommate of my life, got a 4.0 GPA then summarily failed a class and tanked it, stuck with the same dead end job, lost a couple crops, grandparents going downhill, involved in a couple accidents. Been a tough year, and 2018 started with my love leaving me. Meh, can only go up from there.
 
1alexie

1alexie

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I switch career but kinda miss my real passion now. I've been so outspoken that I forgot to appreciate criticism from other people.
 
Gilligans Island

Gilligans Island

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Evicted Uncle cancer we think for good
401k and most other investments up double digits
Both boys moved out... again!
One less year of my sentence (work) 52 months left and I'm a free man
I got to correspond with Uncle Buck
Yeah you need a thick skin for the politics section
Good thread
 
Srirachi

Srirachi

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It is a retirement plan that you pay for yourself, sponsored by your employer. In other words, if you realize that the American government has stolen all the Social Security taxes you paid in, you find another way to have retirement income. A 401k is something you contribute to with payroll deductions before the taxes are figured and many times, your employer will match your contributions up to 3% of your income.
 
Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

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Srirachi said:
It is a retirement plan that you pay for yourself, sponsored by your employer. In other words, if you realize that the American government has stolen all the Social Security taxes you paid in, you find another way to have retirement income. A 401k is something you contribute to with payroll deductions before the taxes are figured and many times, your employer will match your contributions up to 3% of your income.
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Damn, thats sucks.

Ours works the opposite way. The employer pays into our super fund of choice 9.5% of pre tax earnings (its like being paid 9.5% extra wages except you cannot touch it till you retire) and the employee can then choose to pay extra in (pre tax) and if they contribute more than $1000 in the year then the govt will throw in an extra $500.
 
BleedsGreen

BleedsGreen

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Lucky Luke said:
Damn, thats sucks.

Ours works the opposite way. The employer pays into our super fund of choice 9.5% of pre tax earnings (its like being paid 9.5% extra wages except you cannot touch it till you retire) and the employee can then choose to pay extra in (pre tax) and if they contribute more than $1000 in the year then the govt will throw in an extra $500.
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My employer pays up to 8% match so if you only pay in 3% that is all they match you put in 4% they match that etcetera. Not as generous as when I accepted the job which was we got a pension! At least I have 12 years in the pension fund and have been investing 15% since they changed with them adding 14% still sucks that you have to plan and take care of your retirement while working but better then counting on the government to provide social security which I have paid into since I was 13!
 
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