No debt is good debt. Laura Ingalls said it best:
"Cash on the barrelhead is what my Pa always says." Made sense in fiction and makes sense in reality. ________________________________ From: Ben Schorr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 2:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Would this be good for IT, or what? (UNCLASSIFIED) But that tax deduction on your mortgage interest is only partial. I mean you can deduct the interest, yes, but that deduction is only at your tax rate - 33% or whatever. So you're going to pay a bank $12,000 a year (or whatever) to keep from paying the government $4,000? That doesn't seem like a good plan to me. :-) I'd rather pay off the mortgage and not have that debt at all. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer ______________________________________________ Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com <http://www.rolandschorr.com/> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 9:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Would this be good for IT, or what? (UNCLASSIFIED) Some debt is good debt. For taxes, you do get to deduct the interest on your mortgage...if you pay off your house, you lose that deduction. Additionally, you now have hundreds of thousands of dollars sitting idle in your house that you can do nothing with (until you sell it). ________________________________ From: Webster [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 1:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Would this be good for IT, or what? (UNCLASSIFIED) Yes. But we moved to TN back in August and have a mortgage again. :-( I am working on paying it off as fast as possible. Webster From: Jacob [mailto:[email protected]] Subject: RE: Would this be good for IT, or what? (UNCLASSIFIED) Wow.. did that include the mortgage? From: Webster [mailto:[email protected]] Subject: RE: Would this be good for IT, or what? (UNCLASSIFIED) +6 for Dave Ramsey. Paid off $197,000 in debt in 4.5 yrs. Webster From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Subject: RE: Would this be good for IT, or what? (UNCLASSIFIED) +1 times ten! We'll spend thousands sending out kids to college but never teach them the basics of money and not using credit for anything but a house. My parents didn't teach me that, it took me over 40 years (until Feb of last year) to really "get it" (thank you Dave Ramsey). Funny the things we think we *need* to have. Pretty sure 99% of these items our ancestors got along just fine without. Veering nearer to back on topic, adding the need for several thousand IT jobs can't be a bad thing, but I am interested in hearing from IT guys in the healthcare industry what obstacles need to be overcome. It's one thing to say "digitize healthcare records", another entire to pull it off - there must be dozens of little "gotcha's". David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are property of Indiana Members Credit Union, are confidential, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom this e-mail is addressed. If you are not one of the named recipient(s) or otherwise have reason to believe that you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately from your computer. Any other use, retention, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
