• HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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      20 hours ago

      First I said "That leaves enough money with what I already have " and second CPP and QPP will kick in before that. I can live easily on that. I need little.

      • Smoogs@lemmy.world
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        17 hours ago

        Cpp and qpp is not a lot. You’ll want to reinvest to subsidize Luckily with the house market when you have to go into a home you can sell the house for a decent retirement home. Just make sure you book into a good one early enough. They have 2 yr waiting lists in some places.

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          12 hours ago

          I’d rather blow my brains out than end up in a home. They’re organized fleecing and meat warehouses.

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            9 hours ago

            Yes, but between that and the absolutely miserable situations I’ve seen some elderly end up in… I’d take the fleecing. At least there you’re guaranteed a change of diaper and clothing before the inspector comes through.

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              8 hours ago

              Aging is an absolute horror. We as a species sit here with our opposable thumbs up our collective rectums and hoot and holler about 8K streaming and AI instead of focusing on anti-aging.

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      20 hours ago

      Invested carefully, even at an underperforming 5% return, that’s still $30k/yr. Not really enough to live the easy life but it’s enough to pay for health insurance while you work on selling artisinal Swedish fire torches.

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          17 hours ago

          Substitute whatever you’d like to spend that money on, maybe you have great single payer so maybe you want to spend it on travel, maybe it’s a new car, maybe you want to gamble it all away. The point is that even a relatively small amount of money buys you enough “wiggle room” to pursue more leisurely ways of making a little money.

          It’s easier to make a living walking dogs when you don’t have to worry about keeping the lights on.