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    9 months ago

    “See I lost $65 million on these stocks in 2019, and $35 million on this poor investment in a buddies business in 2020, so because of that, the $75 million I made this year doesn’t count”

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    I believe CCR said this rather eloquently:

    Some folks are born silver spoon in hand

    Lord, don’t they help themselves, Lord?

    But when the taxman come to the door

    Lord, the house lookin’ like a rummage sale, yeah

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    9 months ago

    “What about all that money?” pointing at the huge pile of money

    “Oh, those are debt leveraged assets. They don’t count.”

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    Yeah the rich know all the loopholes, they have people on staff just to look for them.

    It’s weird but when I had almost no money, I never worried about money or about paying taxes. When my parents died and I came into my trust, now all i do is worry about money and have developed a jealousy over it I never thought would happen.

    I was able to retire young because of it, I have this house I’ll never live long enough to see all the rooms in (I always joke with my friends) but - still, I worry about letting go of any of the money. Maybe because it’s something I never had to worry about before…?

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      I think it may just be that the psychological impact of having money and losing it is far worse than never having it in the first place.

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        That’s definitely part of it. It’s like, when I was just scraping by (I did work full time but was paying a lot in rent and food and taxes etc) the idea of being one paycheck away from the street really didn’t bother me. Now, I feel like I’ve become dependent on the assumption of having money and needing more, more more of it just to feel safe somehow.