Working two to three jobs in the 1990s-into the 21st century, I secured home mortgages on the south side of East Third Avenue that couldn’t be done in 2024, by working around the clock on whatever keeps one awake. Naturally, I have experienced jealousy for many years and have a thick skin to deal with it and I am nice to most folks coming to my front door.
After selling my first house and breaking even, before the real estate gold rush, I still had about $100,000 to pay to IRS in capital gains. This sum, I guess now, could have been reinvested, but I was heartbroken and not thinking things through, for this first house was to be a gift to my daughter who tragically died after finishing college.
Although I didn’t make a wise financial decision, I thought this 100 grand would go to worthy causes. One costly government incident, of many, involved the roaming large white Chinese balloon that was shot down by a F-16 that cost taxpayers well over a 100 grand in about five minutes. This week, a pricey F-16, one of many jets given from the USA to Ukraine, crashed and unfortunately killed the newly trained pilot in a war that should not be still going on.
Did we not learn of lengthy/cost trillions stays in Vietnam-Afghanistan? Hopefully, better outcomes will surface when I and our government spend money. Our multitrillion-dollar debt could be called to pay if we show signs of trouble paying interest on this huge sum of money. My my, wouldn’t that upset our economy.
Sally Florence
Durango
