Monday, November 2, 2009

Why Justin Screens His Calls

I just ran the math....not to destroy all hope of the sun coming up again or anything. BUT ( that's my version of "there is always a big but". It might not look big to others but if I were to ask, "does my "but" look big in these pants?", everyone would agree on yes....anyway this is what happens when the mind juices get flowing.....tangents ) If you are ever planning on not being in servitude to "the man" your whole life. And seeing you don't get hurt and stay perfectly healthy. And dont want to visit anyone out of state or elsewhere. And no one robs you. No natural disasters occur. And your cars will keep running as long as you do. And more things that could possibly happen, but you get the point. Say all these things don't take from you. This is what I figure.

When life and your body slow down and you can't function as well as you use to. And you need to "retire". ( I know we have taken it out of the LDS dictionary, but ) I am refering to cash flow not serving in the church. I figure this happens around 70ish lets say. And you don't know when you are going to die so might as well plan for 100ish. For you and your spouse. So keeping two alive. It roughly takes $20k a person to live and sustain life a year ( might be able to fudge that a little based on property ownership ) but for this we're using $20k. So 30years x $40k = $1.2million. $3k month for 30 years saved or 1.7k a month for 50 years to save just one million. Thats alot of work looks like,WE'LL need a government baleout.

It's very interesting that the economy or "the man" rewards those who are his freinds. The good old boy system. But if you get too close you are gonna get dirty in some way. Because naturaly "the man" is an enemy to Go....I dont think that is the same guy. I know everyone feels the conflict "well lets not be afraid to get our hands dirty, because I have $1.2 million to earn in 30 years", but then we are reminded of who we are and what we know. We acually have standards where as "the man" "kidnapped shamoo and put her in a chlorine tank!" ( a little Jack Black for ya ). We believe in being honest. We believe in loving our neighbor. We even care for those who have to worry about the man no more, ( gimpy ) =[. So we are left with a delima, do we choose the to be on "the mans" team ( getting down to business all week and taking showers at church on the weekend )and let our few minutes of spare time to being idealists. Or do we go to the oposite end of the spectum and seperate ourselves from the man a then become alone or isolated, but have all the ideals that we want, but no benefits from society. ( stuff is great ) Or we can become nither hot nor cold. Enjoy the happy medium that offend both parties because of cross commitments.

So it begs the question. Is it O.K. to get a little dirty for the greater good? Or is it acually dirty if what you do, you don't see the consequences and seperate yourself from the fallout, which is a popular pattern in capitalism. ( C. E. O. ) Yet they will always promote their cause by saying: "But look at all the good I'm doing". I dont know what to choose, any direction seems not good enough. I am caught somewhere in between serving God alone and "man"mon alone. I came here to gain intellegence, help others on the way, and keep unessasary experience to its self. But on the other hand $1.2 million in 30 years dosen't come to the nice guys. If anyone know how to make $1.2 million in 30 years without paying slaves ( 1 for you 10 for me cause I'm special ), just good wholesome well deserved by all parties even so much as that the numbers are on the table. I'd like to talk. Mean while someone is calling. Now you know why I screen my calls. Don't know if it is "the man" or God I have to let down. It was Amanda. My#1 no let down by the way.

Justin

5 comments:

  1. dude please don't tell me that you have started drinking. because that is aganist one of the commandments we live remember.

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  2. HOW TO TURN $10K INTO "LOTS OF K"

    It's very simple:
    If we had $10K, we would follow the rule of 72 which states that if you divide your rate of return into 72, it will tell you how many years it will take to double your money. So...with our initial investment of $10K and a rate of return of 12% (average mutual fund rate) our money would double every 6 years (72/12=6) Here's what our initial investment would turn into at retirement age with a 12% return:
    AGE 24: 10,000
    30: 20,000
    36: 40,000
    42: 80,000
    48: 160,000
    54: 320,000
    60: 640,000
    66: 1,280,000!!!!

    And that's with just the initial investment, and not adding anything to it.

    So the real question is:
    HOW MANY DOUBLING PERIODS DO YOU HAVE LEFT IN YOUR LIFE??

    -Jeff and Carly

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  3. What is a mutual fund, that would do that? Or even better everyone just give Jeff and Carly all their money and they will give us allowences. =] Seriously though do you know of one that has been doing that and looks like it will continue?

    Justin

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