tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28979895710412623422024-08-29T02:15:23.319-07:00Ben Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706553093483221465noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897989571041262342.post-7831660428288981422017-10-04T13:44:00.000-07:002017-10-04T13:45:16.668-07:00<div dir="ltr">here is the link to my excel sheet through google<div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LfBlo39Q8qi9sj0yk1oCfwiekY8XmyK26AlWPCp185c/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LfBlo39Q8qi9sj0yk1oCfwiekY8XmyK26AlWPCp185c/edit?usp=sharing</a><br></div><div><br></div></div> Ben Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706553093483221465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897989571041262342.post-40208735152009681022017-03-18T13:24:00.001-07:002017-03-18T13:24:36.049-07:00<div dir="ltr"><br></div> Ben Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706553093483221465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897989571041262342.post-86617053557581661172011-02-16T12:07:00.000-08:002011-02-16T12:07:49.012-08:00<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/16/us-column-personalfinance-money-idUSTRE71F6CY20110216?WT.tsrc=Social%20Media&amp;WT.z_smid=twtr-reuters_%20com&amp;WT.z_smid_dest=Twitter">Stern Advice: Does your money need a mission statement? | Reuters</a>Ben Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706553093483221465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897989571041262342.post-69689953624306786792011-02-06T22:38:00.001-08:002011-02-06T22:38:31.745-08:00<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/columnist/krantz/2009-03-27-small-retirement_N.htm?csp=obinsite">$20,000 won't take you far into retirement - USATODAY.com</a>Ben Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706553093483221465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897989571041262342.post-62815431430543138812011-02-06T22:38:00.000-08:002011-02-06T22:38:31.453-08:00<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/columnist/krantz/2009-03-27-small-retirement_N.htm?csp=obinsite">$20,000 won't take you far into retirement - USATODAY.com</a>Ben Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706553093483221465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897989571041262342.post-72763659894353636602011-01-31T06:33:00.001-08:002011-02-02T05:45:41.750-08:00<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="width: 520px;"><div style="padding-left: 10px;"><h1><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/26/AR2011012606519.html?referrer=emailarticle" target="_blank">Social Security fund now seen to be empty by 2037</a><br /> </h1><div><em>By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER</em></div><div>WASHINGTON -- Sick and getting sicker, Social Security will run at a deficit this year and keep on running in the red until its trust funds are drained by about 2037, congressional budget experts said Wednesday in bleaker-than-previous estimates.</div></div><div></div><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody> <tr><td><img border="0" height="13" width="100" /></td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div></div>Ben Schmidthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02706553093483221465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2897989571041262342.post-38831203814130830122011-01-21T12:25:00.000-08:002011-01-21T12:24:19.955-08:00<table width="528" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td width="10"> <img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1" alt=""> </td> <td width="518" valign="top"> <table width="518" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td width="518"> <img src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/misc/spacer.gif" width="1" height="16" alt=""> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="518" 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