tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post7733539017758722538..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Trying to Interpret the Inflated EconomySiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-47226893070784922702021-08-28T15:26:08.170-04:002021-08-28T15:26:08.170-04:00"[E]expenses cost 25% more and your pay rate ..."[E]expenses cost 25% more and your pay rate at work (or retirement investments) went up more than 25%" does not take into account taxes. A 25% raise will push you into a higher tax bracket. You rephrased this in your next to last paragraph.jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-39154197349910956792021-08-28T13:02:44.697-04:002021-08-28T13:02:44.697-04:00Those aren't stock prices, because the compani...Those aren't stock prices, because the companies are too controlled by government. You wouldn't believe the "stock price" of a tractor factory in the former Soviet Union, would you? Those are made-up numbers in a mechanism to help the elites launder money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-56322994860464059932021-08-28T06:50:16.155-04:002021-08-28T06:50:16.155-04:00My fucking gawd. Stock prices have nothing to do w...My fucking gawd. Stock prices have nothing to do with reality, never have, never will. It's like, your opinion dude. And you're betting play money on it. JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448124833598565813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-40858781955839016622021-08-27T23:00:44.717-04:002021-08-27T23:00:44.717-04:00I pulled my money from equities a long time ago. Y...I pulled my money from equities a long time ago. Yeah, I've lost some potential gains, but I sleep much better at night. And I don't have to worry about what "the markets" did yesterday, today or will do tomorrow.The Freeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989697995675652792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-11087975620462892772021-08-27T22:45:27.992-04:002021-08-27T22:45:27.992-04:00People will spend less if they have less and infla...People will spend less if they have less and inflation impacts us all negatively. I'm sure that the big Oligarchs of business and politics have a plan to expand their grasp and feel that this is the way. Or it wouldn't be like this.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.com