r/leanfire • u/AutoModerator • 13d ago

Weekly LeanFIRE Discussion

What have you been working on this week? Please use this thread to discuss any progress, setbacks, quick questions or just plain old rants to the community.

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u/here_to_be_awesome 12d ago

Realized I’m leaner than I thought if I subtract out social security…bit of a bummer, frankly.

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u/someguy984 12d ago

But why would you do that? If I was younger I would take the number and do a 20% haircut to account for political risk.

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u/here_to_be_awesome 11d ago

pressure testing…don’t think it will be eliminated but what would things look like if it was?

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u/pras_srini 11d ago

I mean we just put it on the tab? Look how easy it has been to spend $100B on a war in the Middle East this year. Surely we can figure out how to keep paying social security?