if you have a pension that offers to pay you "80% of your highest average salary" for the rest of your life, you have to ask yourself, will that cover my future expenses just to live at the same or better standard of living?
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No one is buying TVs any more because we are all glued to the small screen.
Also few take in a movie at movie night.
Hospital and Medical are in sane! Keep in mind Obama care may contribute to that as well as Medicaid.
As a private pilot I can say Avgas is way up pushing $6/gallon and so are almost all GA expense items. Marine fuel is up too.