http://earlyretirementextreme.com/letter-from-the-establishment.html Becoming debt-free is the first step to building a better world. Financial independence is the second. Doing what YOU want is the third. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:07:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/letter-from-the-establishment.html/comment-page-1#comment-7986 Jacob Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:21:52 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=210#comment-7986 @claire - Per annum, per day, per month, doesn't matter. It would take around 5-6 years. @claire – Per annum, per day, per month, doesn’t matter. It would take around 5-6 years.

]]> http://earlyretirementextreme.com/letter-from-the-establishment.html/comment-page-1#comment-1057 claire Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:40:23 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=210#comment-1057 3 quarters of ones income - is that per annum? If so over how many years until financial independance? 3 quarters of ones income – is that per annum? If so over how many years until financial independance?

]]> http://earlyretirementextreme.com/letter-from-the-establishment.html/comment-page-1#comment-1054 yp Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:48:27 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=210#comment-1054 You got one of those letters too huh? Did you notice how The Establishment has got kind of a funny signature? You got one of those letters too huh? Did you notice how The Establishment has got kind of a funny signature?

]]> http://earlyretirementextreme.com/letter-from-the-establishment.html/comment-page-1#comment-1053 shoyu Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:42:03 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=210#comment-1053 You, and your can-do rants. You, and your can-do rants.

]]> http://earlyretirementextreme.com/letter-from-the-establishment.html/comment-page-1#comment-1052 Andy Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:38:16 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=210#comment-1052 hahaha.... awesome hahaha…. awesome

]]> http://earlyretirementextreme.com/letter-from-the-establishment.html/comment-page-1#comment-1051 Steve Austin Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:49:17 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=210#comment-1051 Needs something more patronizing about entitlements: . "It's just so hard to scrape by in these times. You have to work really hard and get ahead in your career so that you can afford all the nice things that you and your children deserve. We submit that you are good at what you do and therefore that you should focus single-mindedly on that. Set aside some portion of your income and give it to us and we promise to keep it and grow it for you. We have more experience with that than you do anyway. Don't you deserve more than the Social Security Administration thinks you deserve? We can bridge that gap for you and you can fire and forget and you'll be able to enjoy all those things you deserve in retirement without burdening your children. You work so hard for your children. Let us work hard for you." Needs something more patronizing about entitlements:
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“It’s just so hard to scrape by in these times. You have to work really hard and get ahead in your career so that you can afford all the nice things that you and your children deserve. We submit that you are good at what you do and therefore that you should focus single-mindedly on that. Set aside some portion of your income and give it to us and we promise to keep it and grow it for you. We have more experience with that than you do anyway. Don’t you deserve more than the Social Security Administration thinks you deserve? We can bridge that gap for you and you can fire and forget and you’ll be able to enjoy all those things you deserve in retirement without burdening your children. You work so hard for your children. Let us work hard for you.”

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