Lore wrote:ColossalContrarian wrote:Boomers, please "help" the youth by retiring so we can pay out tax dollars to keep you alive to 100 or even more. Thanks Boomers, for everything, you're such a noble generation!
I can't wait for adolescents to have a go with the boomers. They'll know what's up, those are the rich folks
The boomers can't afford to quit because they're kids are still at home sponging off them.
Sixstrings wrote:Democrats talk of “saving” Social Security. We should not “save” it but raise it.....If people are willing to pay more just to “save” Social Security, they should be glad to pay more to raise it.
SeaGypsy wrote:Reality is the retirement age will not go up or down, regardless of policy. The amount (in real terms) is only headed one way. The age at which payments start etc. is another question. (if you put in the wrong data you know what kind of answer you will get?)
SeaGypsy wrote:Do you have the right to self manage your 401k? In Australia, we have mandatory superannuation and are allowed to set up our own funds, according to the rules. This can make a huge difference to returns. I am with our biggest health industry fund, it has barely gotten better than bank interest over 15 years.
ColossalContrarian wrote:Some of us will take care of our own family and already have when they've needed help. Chances are my folks will move in with me and I will take care of them and this will be the same for a lot of families especially post peak oil.
mattduke wrote:Nothing like expending your life working all day from morning to night to provide for your family, only to check peakoil.com and find self-righteous people who claim your paycheck belongs to them.
Livewire713 wrote:Personally I hope most of us are dead in the next ten years and that includes myself. 50 years on this ball of dirt will be enough for me.
Sixstrings wrote: The conservatives don't want gray hairs to have their pensions, and liberals don't even want to be alive past 50.
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