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180 k is the new top tax bracket and according to the governemnt constitutes the top 1 percent of wage earners. If that guy is earning 300k that imo is big money and yes 200 bucks does go unnoticed sometimes. Its less than 2 hours work. Would someone on 30 bucks an hour lose sleep over...

Thanks for the heads up JIT - time to do some charity work just top get my karma back on track.

Cloudy day Heres a huge secret for you to do with what you want. Thre are only 2 ways to get mega rich 20 mill plus. 1. To take HUGE risk with your own money and 2. To convinve other people to fund your huge risks... It has nothing to do with working hard. I do one trade a...

Hey apocolypso Im a bloke dude....although these threads force me to get in touch with my femine side. You right winging spenders (yes im profiling again) out there should try it (geez thats a whole new post). Then again I am a cafe latte, inner city, chardonnay drinking, sofa socialist...

Good pick up Skater. Piston Broke - I dont think its ever been about 'mine smaller than yours' - or as someone else said 'what have people got against nice things'. I have never said anywhere that i dont like nice stuff. If I see value I buy it! I wear nice clothes when I want too...

Cloudy day - you are on the road to redemtion my friend. Now next step - give away all your worldly possessions and move to the byron bay hinterlands. Get back to us in 6 months and tell us how you are going. Cheers Aussie

God having read user cp - now i feel like a real a.........hole having not replied to nice people over the years. How do I reply to people who have left me messages? private pms'? BTW - when I say lots - i still ony have two green thingys which is pretty poor after 5 years but I am thankful...

WOW - I had no idea about the CP user button - lots of people have sent me nice messages over the last 5 years...geez where are my xmas cards!

hehe - thanks Perth Investor...btw where and how do I see kudos?

Jit - Your level of self awareness is commendable!

Guys - I am a millionaire - its just that the fact that I have earnt 200k plus over 5 years isnt what made me a millionaire - its also been through investments etc etc Geez - are you guys drunk? (I have actually earnt much more due to bonus payments, investments and business interests.)...

Im not sure why people are excluding ppor from wealth calculations. You can access equity, reverse mortgage, get a line of credit or you can sell and rent. I would cosnider someone with a 3 million dollar house full paid off with no other assets as rich. Why because they could sell it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Millionaire_Next_Door Here is the link qte Most of the millionaire households that they profiled did not have the extravagant lifestyles that most people would assume. This finding is backed up by surveys indicating how little these millionaire households...

Hi No one said anything about 'all' luxury purchase are bad. Also cloudy day doesnt read poeple posts properly. I havent said that I was a millionaire because I have earnt 200k over 5 years. It was to merely show that I do have money. It was part of the reason. he even called me...

Hi Sue - yep. A mid life crisis is a damm good reason. But as you pointed out that also ran its course. I have toyed with various midlife crisis ideas - motorbike, yute, mustang....it will happen too - unfortunatley for my wife... cheers

Its funny - maybe the issue with conspicous consumption is that some people (youngster mostly - ha) THINK rich people act a certain way and drive certain cars and live in certain houses and listen to certain music etc etc when the truth is sometime very different. So the perception is wrong and...

Cloudy day You will be happy to know that recently i officialy became a millionaire. For the last 5 years i have had a salary over 200k not including bonus's. I have been on 100k plus for 15 years. We live however like we earn 85k and save/invest the rest.(since 2000 anyway before that we...

Ok Jaycee - done! Just after I sell the monet!

jaycee - quite correct. Im not sure why I am ranting about this stuff - I think I want someone out there to come up with a valid reason for conspicous consumption - c/mon anyone I dare you.....gimme somthing insightful. If the reason is valid then I will go out tomorrow and buy a ferrari!

Hi Joanmc The point is you arent gonna buy a Monet are you? If you did your family would think your were a posing wa...ker because the cost far outweighs your means (like many a luxury car driver who is upto their ears in debt). Plus its an appreciating asset. And btw have you ever been to...