XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general   
   From: Canuck57@nospam.com   
      
   On 11/07/2011 11:42 PM, merlin! wrote:   
   > Canuck57 wrote:   
   >> On 10/07/2011 4:34 PM, merlin! wrote:   
   >>> Canuck57 wrote:   
   >>>> On 08/07/2011 10:11 PM, John Fleming wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>> $I managed to pack away enough I don't think I would qualify for   
   >>>>>> AISH. $Pays me more to watch the stocks grow and pay dividends at   
   >>>>>> this point. $Something you can do without worrying if your doing   
   >>>>>> it fast enough.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> With AISH, if my understanding of the rules is correct,   
   >>>>> while you can own your own home and you can own a vehicle   
   >>>>> modified to meet your needs, there is a limit to the amount   
   >>>>> of assets you can have.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> AISH and CPP disability, if that is all you have will eventually put   
   >>>> you dirt poor poverty.  I don't think having a house is allowed,   
   >>>> unless it is a low end one bedroom shack in the bad end of town.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I you want more than below poverty, start saving.  Saved me from   
   >>>> certain poverty if I hadn't saved well.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>> $>    Disabled people who, in spite of their disabilities, find.   
   >>>>>> $>    ways to contribute to the world around them are such   
   >>>>>> $>    incredible inspirations.  If they can do what they do, what   
   >>>>>> $>    is holding me back?   
   >>>>>> $   
   >>>>>> $Yep, yet many fully enabled whine to much.  One thing a disabled   
   >>>>>> person $will learn sooner than later is whining gets you no where.   
   >>>>>> Neither does $self pity or excuses.  In a weird sort of way this   
   >>>>>> is true:  Everyone $has a disability, just depends how you work   
   >>>>>> around it.  For some, MS, $for others blind, for others a wheel   
   >>>>>> chair....for others it is just $attitude.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The author of "What Color is Your Parachute" wrote a version   
   >>>>> of the book aimed at the disabled.  And he said exactly the   
   >>>>> same thing.  Everyone has a disability.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Usually, when people think of disabilities, they think of   
   >>>>> conditions with severe physical or mental shortcomings.   
   >>>>> People on crutches or confined to wheelchairs, or with   
   >>>>> autism or cerebral palsy.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> And you're right.  For some people, the biggest disability   
   >>>>> is an attitude.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> And it is the easiest to fix.   
   >>>   
   >>> Really? Fix yours, then.   
   >>   
   >> I doubt it needs fixing.  I am easily in the top 5% for NW of the   
   >> Canadian population.  No debts since the early 90's...  Retired early,   
   >> have income, I don't even spend all that comes in.  Grand kids doing   
   >> well, daughter is in her early 30's with a job and hard working   
   >> husband; and $750K house is more than 1/2 paid for....life is good.   
   >> Going to beat the old man at the rate she is going and two kids o   
   >> boot.   
   >   
   > You're kidding.... the way you were going on, I thought you actually had   
   > some cash happening. Your house is only worht 750k, and half mortgaged????   
   >   
   >> See, I practiced what I preach and know it works.   
   >   
   > Dude... you must be joking. I'm doing better than you, and I consider   
   > myself near poverty level.   
      
   Nope, haven't had any debts since 1991.  Once you finish paying off your   
   home, you get to pay yourself to live there and become rich.  Not worth   
   $750K, but well over $500K.  Yep, I live in it for property taxes and   
   utilities and the occasional maintenance.  It appreciates faster than my   
   cost so I saved a lot and invested it.  I even still have a positive   
   cash flow without working.  So when an involuntary unemployment came   
   (RIF), I took my tax mans advice, why do you work?  Finally said being a   
   Ottawa charity case wasn't worth it.   
      
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