Summary

The FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

The gunman, who arrived in New York City on November 24th, shot Thompson on December 4th outside a hotel hosting an investor conference.

Investigators believe the gunman, who concealed his identity with a mask, fled the city on a bus, leaving behind a backpack in Central Park.

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    Then you’re making more than that millionaire household (remember thats at least two people), and that’s after they’ve spent their entire life working and saving.

    You are more “rich” than those millionaires because you’re one person, and likely have decades more to earn increasingly higher salaries and save. For them, its over. That is the most amount of money they have for the rest of their lives. There’s no more income from salaries after retirement.

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      That’s crazy because while livable I wouldn’t call my financial situation super comfortable. Maybe if I wasn’t paying rent though

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        Housing costs don’t go away when you own a paid-off home. You still have to pay for property taxes and insurance in addition to the costs of upkeep on the home. This is part of the reason its so difficult to get ballot measures passed that rely on property taxes. Fixed income seniors aren’t getting any more money, and they are trying to make their money last for the remainder of their lives (with no idea when exactly they’ll die and it will be okay to be out of money).

        They also get to watch their savings drop in value over time as inflation chips away at it.

        All of this happens at a time of life when your medical costs are sky high from your body failing from age or treatment to continually treat chronic conditions.

        Getting old isn’t for the faint of heart.