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But that is the point. You can't just say, "discounting last year". Last year happened. You might say that it's ok because he had made enough to handle it by then, but that was mainly the result of an 800% year early on that took him from being a minuscule player to simply being a tiny...

Yep, banner years are not only possible, but quite normal. During the past couple years I had a year of +800%. Scaling became an issue in a hurry, and it is still something I'm struggling with. I can pretty much guarantee I won't have a repeat performance this year. Not that I won't make...

For anyone who chimes in on this thread about how you should be able to count on 30% monthly, keep in your head that they are pretty much guaranteed to be a small player. They are gonna try to blast me for saying it, but I don't mind. If you doubt what I'm saying then just do the math. $50K...

I don't see any posts from 1prometheus, but if you were referring to my post, it was simply pointing out the irony. Someone comes in here and immediately posts a list of links specifically selected for white-on-white fighting, but the very first one inadvertently re-enforces the black criminal...

Ok, so you pretty much think that wealthy people are losers, because someone with far less money actually lives better. But then if they don't flaunt their excess you think they are even bigger losers for not acting the part?

Your statements about Solar and wind remind me of others from the past. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Television won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a...

Or at least use videos that prove the point better. In the first one he posted, the old dude is on the ground getting jumped by four young punks and the only black dude in the video standing by his car watching the fight, then sneaks around to the back and steals his wallet. Classic. LOL

I agree with your sentiment, there are more important things in life than money. But the only people I know who ever make comments like you, are people who have never really been poor. If you ever have really been poor and then worked your way into this hypothetical $80K passive income...

Quick calculations say that it takes the average person just over 40 years of tax free growth to get there. Which means they can't even start to live this lifestyle until they are about 65. Even then, they won't be able to live that way on risk free returns unless they have double that amount...

Alright, here is the main difference for you, timeline. Demonstrate to me how long it takes a person on a middle class income to get to where they are making $80K liquid in passive income. IOW, home appreciation doesn't count because you have to sell the home to access it. So they need at...

He isn't just overstating it, he is misrepresenting it. He is not at all arguing that they can do the same things, but rather that they can accomplish the same basic purposes. One example was flying in a jet. His point is that they both get from A to B with normally acceptable comfort...

Wow, this conversation didn't go the direction I had expected. I really don't mean any offense, but I find it humorous that the Ivy League, PhD, investment banker, hedge fund manager is calling me (state schooled, from a poor family, completely under the radar) the elitist. Anyway, I agree...

Maybe because I said I favored Mitt Romney during the last election, and he is considered an elitist. :D Given the circumstances and with 20/20 hindsight, I still say he was the best choice, despite his flaws. No really it is probably because you are an elitist too, so you just don't...

Well, I don't really expect you to know enough about me to determine whether or not I am an elitist. Not really sure what you meant by undeserving. I'm assuming you mean that I either don't deserve to consider myself elite, or that I don't deserve to be "elite". Again, you don't really know...

No prob. If you took my advice on the channels, you should've made a killing today. A monkey could've gotten the channel right today.

Not trying to be an elitist, but I am a realist. Some people are smarter than others. I know it sounds great to teach our children that they can do anything they set their mind to, but that isn't reality. The reality is that teaching them this is just a hope that they will reach their full...

LOL... nope .. not a liberal. Actually favored Mitt Romney during the last election, but admittedly couldn't support McCain. You misunderstood my argument. I'm not claiming that the colleges are great. I graduated from one in which I was repeatedly schooling the professors during class...

Yes, my price was the cost of the entire project of building enough solar field to supply the US with electric power. Not just the land cost. Funny, I actually used $500/acre in my estimated cost of the project and that was just off the top of my head. :D The bulk of the cost is in the...

Actually it is almost the opposite. Box stores consume too much energy for solar to offset it. Simply not enough on-site space. New construction residential is most feasible right now with current tax incentives. If included in cost of build, it is net zero cost each month. IOW, you get...

Pretty bold statement considering that i already stated my connections to the industry. What "way" was I saying that electricity works? And what numbers were way off? Seems that maybe you are assuming that I was making certain points that I was never making and subsequently rushed to try to...