Been playing with retirement for about 16 months now.
The fascinating thing I've realised is that the government can't tax the work you do for yourself & family.
- The food you grow
- The meals you cook
- The wood you chop
- The repairs & improvements to your house/vehicle
They can tax the things you buy but not the improvements you make with those things. It's a fraction of the cost you would incur if you outsourced the whole job.
It turns out that you need a small fraction of the "income" that you thought you needed when you had little time left for yourself.
Also really hard to tax how many pounds of tomatoes and cords of firewood traded for sats when it is just a thing you do for the poeple who appreciate it.
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