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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lucyray, post: 1035694, member: 24565&quot;]Hi Krispy, I just read the article you posted/linked to.&nbsp; I don&#039;t agree with it.&nbsp; I mean, I don&#039;t believe personal finance is a subject that will ever be acceptable or comfortable in &#039;mixed&#039; company.&nbsp; Unlike the other taboo topics, there is no predictability with finance.&nbsp; I think that as soon as it becomes common to divulge or discuss personal finance, too much judgment breaks loose in people, because basically we &#039;tend&#039; towards greed.&nbsp; In our country (and we are VERY lucky to be here, imo) freedom of enterprise (is that the right descriptor?&nbsp; Might not be..) is what defines us.&nbsp; When I find out that my neighbor makes 4 times more than I for the same job, I&#039;m likely to become very unhappy.&nbsp; Never mind that perhaps I do it better, blah, blah, blah.&nbsp; When my neighbor admits to making 4 times what I make for the same job, I actually might begin to see that as gloating.&nbsp; For I&#039;m sure that he&#039;s not 4 times better than&nbsp; me, just ask me!</p><p><br /></p><p>No, it&#039;s more of a class thing, discussing one&#039;s personal wages/salaries.&nbsp; The more one makes, the less he wants to tell.&nbsp; Want to find out?&nbsp; Move yourself into the poorest county you can find.&nbsp; Be nice to everyone, and be well appointed (car, clothes, vacations, services, etc..)&nbsp; Be a great neighbor.&nbsp; They&#039;ll love you, but every evening behind their closed doors, you will be the subject of lots of discussions.&nbsp; You won&#039;t be trusted.&nbsp; Plain and simple.&nbsp; And surely, don&#039;t tell them to go and invest in pm&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recognize this is rambling, but it&#039;s a pet peeve of mine.&nbsp; An employer has no way of rewarding excellence via rate increases etc, if wages are discussed amongst employees (I&#039;m not talking union jobs..)&nbsp; Sitting in a room of company presidents, they may tell what each of their businesses grossed last year, but not to their employees, and not what they report on their personal taxes.</p><p><br /></p><p>What say?&nbsp; That&#039;s why telling my friends/relatives investment/financial advice, well I&#039;d much rather discuss death with them.&nbsp; At least with death, it equates to ALL of us.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucy&nbsp; (trying out my new MAC!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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