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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the pp who said I didn't like his inflexibility. Not a hater, but just adding that I think he could be more forthright, which is turning the hate on him.
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For example, if he is going to donate the money per the article, why not do it now? Or, just explain after putting it out there[/b]. He said right after the Post article he was making $50K, so it's been profitable since the beginning.

He said they only use 2.5 tanks of gas per year, but I've been to Longmont and a few trips to Denver airport (he says he travels) would probably eat that up. Does he then budget car service? I'm not reading him now, so perhaps he does. As an aside, that probably means that his wife can't go out at night with friends unless they drive.

Finally, I also stopped reading because it didn't seem entirely realistic. As pp said, what happens when he needs a new couch or his kid needs braces? But his budget never included for those eventualities. Maybe it does now.

He is making excellent money and still has a strong base, he may not want to grow it any more.

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+1 I'm the OP and I agree with this. If he's planning on giving the money away later, why not just give it away as he makes it? Or he should just own the fact that he's a high-income guy advising people to live frugally on not much money (and who still thinks that having a substantial stash of cash in reserve isn't such a bad idea).

I don't know. Something about proselytizing militantly frugal living while simultaneously stockpiling cash just seems like a big fakeout to me.[/quote]

Totally agree [/quote]

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