thanks, and yes, a pittance of a pension and regular checkups keep us on budget and head off any problems — best decision i ever made (financial or otherwise) was serving our country doing search - and - rescue, oil and chemical spill remediation, etc. (you can guess the branch of service)-- along the way, frugal living, along with dollar -
cost averaging, asset allocation, and diversification allowed us to retire early — Vanguard has been very good over the years, despite the Dot Bomb, 2002, and the recession (where we actually came out better with a
modest but bargain retirement home purchase)... it's not easy building additional «legs» on a retirement platform, but now that we're here, cash, real estate, investments and insurance products, along with a small pension all help to avoid any real dependence on social security (we won't even need it
at full retirement age)-- however, like nearly everybody, we're headed for Medicare in several years, albeit with a nice supplemental and pharmacy
benefits — but our main concern is staying fit, active, and healthy!
Implementing policies to tap into hydropower, land - based and offshore wind, and other renewable energy resources would cut carbon emissions — and capture a range of additional consumer, health, and economic
benefits —
at modest cost.
At an event on October 7, WRI will launch a new report, Climate
Benefits, Tenure
Costs: The Economic Case for Securing Indigenous Land Rights, which finds for the first time that relatively
modest investments in secure land tenure for Indigenous Peoples can generate billions of dollars in returns — economically and environmentally.