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- From: macrakis@osf.org (Stavros Macrakis)
- Subject: Re: when does it make sense to reduce the
- In-Reply-To: psb@matt.ksu.ksu.edu's message of 21 Jan 1993 15:26:48 -0600
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- In article <1jn4eoINNo2f@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> psb@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Jr Phillip S Buckland) writes:
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- Accepting the assumption that inflation is here to stay,
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- Inflation is lower today than it has been in twenty-five years or so.
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- and likewise accepting that for most people, real income
- doesn't keep up with the rate of inflation,
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- Median income has grown faster than inflation for most of the century,
- except the Great Depression and the Reagan/Bush years. During
- Reagan/Bush, the rich got a disproportionate share of income
- increases....
-
- what does that imply about one's financial position 20
- years down the road? All of the necessities of life cost
- more, one's income hasn't kept pace with inflation, so one
- cannot as easily afford what was easily afforded 20 years
- ago.
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- If you believe that inflation will be high, you should indebt yourself
- (at a fixed rate!) as much as possible and over as long a period as
- possible. That way, the money you pay back will be worth less that
- the money you borrowed.
-
- -s
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