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Ditto I would disagree with you
I went to Cuny Queens college for my first 2 years and had an AWESOME education.
many of the cuny schools rival other major universities
Brooklyn College, Queens, Hunter and Baruch are top notch
Actually my mother (back in the late 60’s) went to Hunter undergrad and then went to NYU grad school and she said that Hunter was a much better school than NYU was
Rob, that only means your ex was stupid, not the school.
How many times do you need to be chastised to keep at least a modicum of civility here, MM? And you, an Ivy League education. Did you learn any manners??? Apparently not.
lech: increase in expectations for sure but also longer lifespans, lower interest rates & lower investment returns (in last 10 years vs previous few decades).”
Longer lifespan is fine when you’re living in a room in a 3-generation house and your expenses consist of books.
American middle class expectations about retirement are ridiculous. We are being told that retiring wealthy is what we should expect. Having your own house and car and dining out and traveling is retiring wealthy.
Pete, that’s the case with any school. Some schools are resting on reputations they earned decades ago and really don’t offer any better of an education than those deemed okay or not so great. I thank US News for this. A crappy news publication weighing in on something they shouldn’t.
Whoa! Most amazing is that Lech is agreeing w/ Obama!!
Binghamton is an excellent school – my brother was a distinguished prof of philosophy there. He chose it over job at Yale – more money for him & students hungrier to learn: the hell w/ prestige.
Yes, etson…lower returns. Seems none of the pension funds understand that yet. Yesterday Bloomberg was railing on them for their 8% assumptions.
The market selloff was a huge gift to anyone managing their retirement money. It presented the opportunity to buy so many companies with a high dividend yield and a history of consistently raising dividends.
Ditto I would disagree with you
I went to Cuny Queens college for my first 2 years and had an AWESOME education.
many of the cuny schools rival other major universities
Brooklyn College, Queens, Hunter and Baruch are top notch
Actually my mother (back in the late 60’s) went to Hunter undergrad and then went to NYU grad school and she said that Hunter was a much better school than NYU was
By Montrose Morris on October 6, 2010 11:39 AM
Rob, that only means your ex was stupid, not the school.
How many times do you need to be chastised to keep at least a modicum of civility here, MM? And you, an Ivy League education. Did you learn any manners??? Apparently not.
“The market selloff was a huge gift “—others would say the gold market was the big gift!
(not me, I can’t accept gifts).
“By etson on October 6, 2010 11:38 AM
lech: increase in expectations for sure but also longer lifespans, lower interest rates & lower investment returns (in last 10 years vs previous few decades).”
Longer lifespan is fine when you’re living in a room in a 3-generation house and your expenses consist of books.
American middle class expectations about retirement are ridiculous. We are being told that retiring wealthy is what we should expect. Having your own house and car and dining out and traveling is retiring wealthy.
“Rob, George Bush’s C avg no reflection of this Ivy school he graduated from”
So true. Yale is still trying to forget he went there. He would have never gotten in if he hadn’t been a legacy applicant.
Pete, that’s the case with any school. Some schools are resting on reputations they earned decades ago and really don’t offer any better of an education than those deemed okay or not so great. I thank US News for this. A crappy news publication weighing in on something they shouldn’t.
Whoa! Most amazing is that Lech is agreeing w/ Obama!!
Binghamton is an excellent school – my brother was a distinguished prof of philosophy there. He chose it over job at Yale – more money for him & students hungrier to learn: the hell w/ prestige.
are you calling for death panels, etson…as a way to cut down on retirement expenses?
Yes, etson…lower returns. Seems none of the pension funds understand that yet. Yesterday Bloomberg was railing on them for their 8% assumptions.
The market selloff was a huge gift to anyone managing their retirement money. It presented the opportunity to buy so many companies with a high dividend yield and a history of consistently raising dividends.