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4% works fine if you stay in equities. Long term, you earn more than 4%, your nest egg never goes down.

When I used to go to So Africa, the people inside the gate had a life expectancy of 70~ years, the people outside the gate had a life expectancy of 42~ years. I would hope we all could agree that there was a moral failing there.

Again, you some how connected Social Security and Retirement to be interchangeable numbers. If you spent time reading other posts in this thread, you would see that nobody is really discussing Social Secuirty in any meaningful way. 90% of the posts are people talking about what sort of lump...

It doesn't matter if you have sympathy or not for those people. The point is those people exist, and, due to a recession, including deflating home values left many people "trapped" in homes longer than they wanted. And, it has taken them 8 years or so to get back to "healthy", whatever that...

Again, you view the world from long, paved runways. Good for you. I am guessing they serve you well, and, you are well served by sticking on them. I have operated very few machines in life, be they airplanes, boats, excavators, tractors, trucks, cars, pickups, etc where more horsepower isn't...

I saw a lot of people who were forced to keep living in a house they really didn't want to stay in, as they were ready to retire and move to another area of the state/country. And, when their homes went upside down, they lost equity, etc... they were forced to remain in place, delaying living...

Deflation hurts. Deflation of your BIGGEST asset really hurts.

I can't imagine any planes that are $25k 172's and up (in value) don't get the money thrown at them for ADS-B, sooner or later. Selling a plane to avoid a $3k expense in 4 years does not hold water.

My observation on "kids" in aviation is just like "kids" in anything else. There will be a few who love it and become obsessed. There will be a few who will allow their parents to push them into the activity, and they will do so to please the parent. And there will be the vast majority who...

I will assert that "magically", a standard 470 will be affected at altitude. P-ponks aren't the only engines affected by laws of physics, or as you refer to them, as "magic".

You stick to long, paved runways, and you will be correct, a stock 182 can be operated safely. Meanwhile, the rest of us will enjoy flying a 182 as they are capable, and, looking for whatever margin we can find. Whether thru airframe modifications, engine modifications, or, carrying a bit less...

You kept throwing out moving targets of what types of airports require more margin. And, for someone like you sticks to long, paved, improved, runways (no idea what those terms mean), then you are likely fine with whatever you want. But, your assertion that additional margin is not warranted...

AGain, nobody is required to work until 67. People can work until they want. And, if they want, they can collect social security at much younger ages than 67, or 65. You don't really understand the topic.

Yes, there is inflation, there is deflation. Again, my comment was to Sac who doesn't need none of that fancy-schmancy data stuff like CPI and similar, as he can just rely on his living in the real world, the one where his minimum wages will be at $60/hour and his Big Mac will be at $25...

I agree, many are still worn out, but, it is disingenuous for the poster above to claim that we as a society have not moved onward and upward from an agrarian society to a manufacturing society, to a now service society. The physical toll on one's body is much less, collectively, than it used...

Holy cow you type nonsense...... Where are these mandatory work camps you have been imprisoned into that require forced labor until age 67? North Korea? Putin's Russia, Trump's Amerikkka? I will try and read thru the rest of the nonsense, to see if you have more gems like mandatory work until...

What day was that? That had an intelligent system that met your requirements?

Why have kids if you don't want to spend time and $$$ on them? They ain't the cheapest hobby. If you really want to go "back in the day", we used have 5-7-9 kids, knowing that we would have a few die along the way, bet most of the raised up to the point they were somewhat useful on the farm...

Retirement was a great idea back 50 years ago.... When people were physically "worn out" and the average life expectancy was 62 years (and Social Security was going to kick in at 65). And retirement was a great idea when people worked for The Company and got a defined benefit plan (called a...

I wouldn't trade a single moment of time I spent, or $$$$ I spent on my kids schooling, their travel sports, their educations, or anything else. And, yes, I took a couple of decades off flying to focus on my kids. Flying is an incredibly selfish thing, in my opinion. And that's ok, once you...