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Topic: Today's stock market |
solar1
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 5:16 pm Subject: Today's stock market |
AirlinePilot,
Interesting site. It does appear that salaries have come down to more reasonable levels. And I do realize that TODAY, younger pilots put up w/ a lot of sh*t jobs w/ low pay to get to th ... |
Topic: Today's stock market |
solar1
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 12:54 pm Subject: Today's stock market |
Sorry Leanan,
I was not really thinking when I said that. I have a realtor friend who turned to real estate because law was not paying that well and she wanted to be self-employed. She now makes a mo ... |
Topic: Today's stock market |
solar1
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 12:24 pm Subject: Today's stock market |
| I am not suggesting a communist system by any means. And I suppose that the capitalist system is taking care of things on its own. I see $200-$300K/yr salaries for airline pilots totally out of line w ... |
Topic: Today's stock market |
solar1
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:53 am Subject: Today's stock market |
pstarr,
how can you equate "topping out at $120k per year" with "a burger flipper"????
As an aside, the pay scale for pilots is incredibly skewed - starting salaries at some of the smaller region ... |
Topic: Today's stock market |
solar1
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Views: 3637
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 10:46 am Subject: Today's stock market |
| I read recently that the #1 expense at United is payroll, not fuel costs. I also know that Southwest pilots make 1/2 of what United/Delta pilots make, so maybe that is part of the reason why Southwest ... |
Topic: stop investing in 401k, Roth IRA???? |
solar1
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 3:54 pm Subject: more thoughts |
| tax rates now are probably at the lowest that we will see them. taxes will HAVE to be raised in order to pay off the incredible debt that we have amassed. Couple that with the likelihood that the mark ... |
Topic: stop investing in 401k, Roth IRA???? |
solar1
Replies: 26
Views: 6461
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:47 pm Subject: stop investing in 401k, Roth IRA???? |
| Since I am in my late 30s and won't be able to draw from any of these accounts until >2030, should I immediately STOP making investments into these accounts? |
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