03-05-2014, 08:39 AM
Most of my working life I had to work a full day to make a hundred bucks. Now the pension, social security, and the dividends just flow in like magic. It is so great, seems it ought to be criminal! Last year our gross dwarfed our previous working salaries. That is really a little bit of a stretch since the wife still brought in $38k as she still works 2 days per week. Even there, she used to get $54k when she was full time salary. That included lots of responsibility and about 50-55 hours per week. You surely are correct, this free money, especially the dividends, never fails to put a smile on my face.
Alex