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…must be funny…in the rich man’s world…

More proof that the people who write finance articles over at Yahoo are truly a bunch of yahoos.  I read a little gem back on October 30th written by Laura Rowley about a girl who “retired” at the tender age of 29.  I was going to post a diatribe about it here and post the link for y’all to read the article but it apparently has since been removed from Yahoo.

The gist of the story really wasn’t so much that the girl “retired” she simply took herself out of the workforce and is now a stay at home mom. But, she was fortunate enough to have worked a job for about ten years making a six figure income. She’s also married and her husband continues to work.

Yeah. Six figures. At the minimum that’s about $100,000. A year. Gee, musta been nice.  I suppose if I had made a six figure income for ten years I could take myself out of the workforce too.

The comments to the article were a resounding thumbs down on the whole thing, which is probably why it was removed.  Granted, yes, the girl saved and invested her money, which is sound advice, but when you got six figures to play with the advice is kinda like a slap in the face.  I mean, I’ve been working for the past ten years too and saving my money, but I’m nowhere near being able to “retire.”

Now, if I buy that Powerball ticket and win, however, we’d be having a totally different discussion.