Comments on: Most Americans now facing a retirement that’s worse than their parents’

By: petefrt

petefrt — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:53:45 +0000

Besides, how is it possible to plan for any kind of retirement with the whack jobs in DC rewriting the rules almost daily?

SagebrushPuppet on February 18, 2013 at 7:42 AM

Can’t really plan for anything nowadays. Business, investments, retirement — it’s all up for grabs under this regime.

By: libfreeordie

libfreeordie — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:19:15 +0000

So the Reagan Democrats who participated in their own de-unionization are now looking around wondering where their pensions are? Imagine that.

By: SagebrushPuppet

SagebrushPuppet — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:42:41 +0000

Besides, how is it possible to plan for any kind of retirement with the whack jobs in DC rewriting the rules almost daily?

By: SagebrushPuppet

SagebrushPuppet — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 12:40:54 +0000

I don’t expect to ever be able to retire either. So what’s the point in putting money into a 401K? Especially when the Dems are salivating at the possibility of confiscating them, or at least nationalizing them.

By: INC

INC — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:55:17 +0000

I hate to tell some of you, but not all older people voted for Obama or have the attitude to SSI you’re stereotyping them with. Don’t make pretentious generalities about a faceless crowd.

By: The Rogue Tomato

The Rogue Tomato — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 04:50:32 +0000

Retirement? WHAT retirement? I was born in 1972. I will never get to retire.

wildcat72 on February 17, 2013 at 9:32 PM

Welcome to the club.

By: antipc

antipc — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:24:18 +0000

Boy, good thing liberals saved us from those personal retirement accounts Bush tried to get passed, eh?

By: wildcat72

wildcat72 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:32:56 +0000

Retirement? WHAT retirement? I was born in 1972. I will never get to retire.

By: Charlemagne

Charlemagne — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:24:00 +0000

I blame the false promises of Social Security for lulling people into complacency. Too many people believe and gave for decades that SSI was more than supplemental income.

I have 20 years left to retire and pray every day that I won’t run out of money before I die. And I plan to have a significant nest egg.

By: Skywise

Skywise — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:14:14 +0000

I’m in my 40s, single and, while not one of teh evil 1%’ers am probably in the top 10% of earners… Even though I contribute to my 401k, and have since I graduated, I do NOT have enough to retire and subsist on for 20+ years. (5 definitely, 10 if i live a little above poverty…) Because of the economic crash, because I pay 30% of my income to the government, plus pay back another 10% everytime I buy something, let alone the skyrocketing food and fuel costs ($10 for a freakin’ Big Mac Meal!!! Are you KIDDING ME?!), I’m limited in what I can save/invest for my future… And why SHOULD I anyway when the government takes 30% of my investment earnings (NON-401k) because I had the AUDACITY to work hard and SAVE MY MONEY and try to earn a living for myself now and in the future…

I haven’t gotten matching benefits in my 401k for over 3 years now…

I’m looking at all my friends who don’t work as hard and get government hand outs out the wazoo and I’m feeling like the chump here…