ExFlyBoy5
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So today was the fun "work on taxes" day (yeah, not much fun at all!) and after getting bored with the actual w*rk of it all...I started messing around with some figures. Long story short, picking through numbers, I came to the realization that our household discretionary income is much higher than I thought it would be (especially after I retired!) One of the things I came across was this article from the Motley Fool (I am NOT a fan of the MF ordinarily, but this article came up on one of many Google searches) that I found somewhat enlightening with some interactive graphs.
The Average American Household's Discretionary Income, by Age and Pay: Where Do You Stand? -- The Motley Fool
I was somewhat surprised that our household is in the 9th 'decile' which is pretty darn high for how much we are actually bringing in. It seems to really illustrate that we are pretty good at LBYM which is one of the main reasons I was able to retire so darn young and we still maintain a quite high savings rate.
Anyway, I am not soliciting any numbers from members, but I know LOTS of you like to pick numbers and have piles of scratch paper laying around with figures all over them and this might entertain you for a little bit!
The Average American Household's Discretionary Income, by Age and Pay: Where Do You Stand? -- The Motley Fool
I was somewhat surprised that our household is in the 9th 'decile' which is pretty darn high for how much we are actually bringing in. It seems to really illustrate that we are pretty good at LBYM which is one of the main reasons I was able to retire so darn young and we still maintain a quite high savings rate.
Anyway, I am not soliciting any numbers from members, but I know LOTS of you like to pick numbers and have piles of scratch paper laying around with figures all over them and this might entertain you for a little bit!