Renee Weese has reached an enviable goal - she has become a millionaire. But like many others whose net worth has risen in recent years to seven figures, she does not feel particularly wealthy. Not that long ago, the word "millionaire" conjured up visions of chauffeured limousines and extravagant shopping trips and elegant yachts. These days, a millionaire is more likely to be the guy or gal next door who saved carefully - and perhaps benefited from the sharp run-up in housing prices - but still worries about covering the exploding costs of children's educations, caring for aging parents and funding his own retirement. Weese, 51, of Atlanta, credits her good financial fortune to good-paying jobs and windfalls when her start-up insurance company went public and, later, when it was taken over by a bigger insurer. Still, Weese worries about how far the money will go. As she puts it: "I know I have more money than a lot of people do. But I don't feel I can sit back on my heels. I have lots of years ahead of me, and elderly parents I help financially a bit, and kids and grandkids." To people living paycheck to paycheck or who haven't saved much - which is the bulk of the U.S. population - a million dollars seems very far out of reach. But a growing number of Americans are accumulating that amount, and more. According to research from Merrill Lynch & Co. and the consulting firm Capgemini, 2.9 million people in the U.S. and Canada have a net worth of $1 million. The New York-based companies count all of an individual's financial assets except a primary residence. March 28, 2007 More VIA: courant.com
I mean there's a lotta threads on PA about having million dollars this and that.. but if you think about it.. how much is a million worth nowadays??
thats some boring shit... 1 million dollars is nothing these days... a 1 bedroom apartment in dowtown vancouver will run you near 500 thousand dollars...
which billion u referring to? =P one is a million million = billion, ie 12 zeroes after hte 1 other is just the thousand million, ie 9 zeroes
Becoming an Euro millionaire is my main goal on the short term. The long term goal is being a billionaire. -rolleyes
Ha!... I dont think you got your short term n long term straight.. -lol les go... or we can get the younger PA kids to start diggin' up that gold or them diamonds..
its all about the internet gold... get the world of warcraft gold farming goin.. sell that shit for real money
Crap, that whole sentence of mine was mixed up, was meant to type 'short' term instead of 'main goal'. -lol Anyway...
lol! ^^ you got my rap style down nikka. if my sims 2 game never got reformatted a while back i would have posted a pic of my ultimate asian house... it was designed like a pagoda ontop of this massive snowcapped mountain... was probably the most awesome/nerdiest thing iv ever done in a game
hahah I didn't even realize he was bustin a lil flow right there.. yo we don't wanna know bout the sims n what you make them do in the game...
