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shawn time 11.50.48..08.31.06
"Your Social Security Statement"
I think it was when Clinton was in office when some legislation was passed that now sends me (and you?) a letter every year reminding me of how much money I made (or didn't make) each year of my life, and how much I will (or won't) get if I retire...
or die.
I guess I get nothing if I die. My survivors get it. I think my only survivors are Sallie Mae and Uncle Sam.
Regardless, I think it is interesting that I have now been working over half of my life. I just crossed over the 50% timeline as a paid member of this ecomony.
From the $1850 of a 1990 Crown Car Washer to the $$ch-ching of a 2005 math teacher, I have now worked 16 of my 31 years.
It's probably bad form, but I added it up...I have made $247,222 in Taxed Social Security Earnings in my life. Give or take a couple grand for some extra cash that may or may not have made it onto the tax form, and I have worked myself to a quarter of a million dollars.
I guess I could make a point about how much Tiger Woods makes per putt and feel sorry for my meager earnings....
or I could mention the couple of bucks that some worker in the middle of a 3rd world country makes per month and sing of my abundance.
or, I could just let it sit....16 years = $250,000.
Thats a lot of cars washed, sandwiches made, tents put up/down, computers fixed, classes taught, sermons given, and math problems conquered.
Comments
Pete wrote this at 06.53.05..09.04.06
With all that musing on numbers, you must have found your vocation ;-)
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