Comments on: We Don’t Need No Steenkin’ $1,000,000 for Retirement http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/02/16/we-dont-need-no-steenkin-1000000-for-retirement/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Terry http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/02/16/we-dont-need-no-steenkin-1000000-for-retirement/#comment-85023 Terry Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:52:11 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=884#comment-85023 I fully expect that retirement will never be an option for me, and in the actuarily likely event I become disabled before I die, I will end up utterly destitute. I fully expect that retirement will never be an option for me, and in the actuarily likely event I become disabled before I die, I will end up utterly destitute.

]]> By: Flexo http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/02/16/we-dont-need-no-steenkin-1000000-for-retirement/#comment-1839 Flexo Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:49:36 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=884#comment-1839 I'da rather be safe, too, RS, but I think it's hard to know what we'll need in order to be safe. The article is basically saying you don't need to worry about it so much and obsess over the number. I do think we shouldn't listen to politicians as much. Fear is a tool some use in order to get people to join up... and the current administration (uh oh, getting political...) is great at instilling fear (whether it's terrorism or social security solvency). I’da rather be safe, too, RS, but I think it’s hard to know what we’ll need in order to be safe. The article is basically saying you don’t need to worry about it so much and obsess over the number.

I do think we shouldn’t listen to politicians as much. Fear is a tool some use in order to get people to join up… and the current administration (uh oh, getting political…) is great at instilling fear (whether it’s terrorism or social security solvency).

]]> By: Will Kirby http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/02/16/we-dont-need-no-steenkin-1000000-for-retirement/#comment-1838 Will Kirby Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:49:17 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=884#comment-1838 Great article. My real motivation is not that i'll be okay when I retire, but that i'll be able retire EARLY. Great article. My real motivation is not that i’ll be okay when I retire, but that i’ll be able retire EARLY.

]]> By: real people, real finances http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/02/16/we-dont-need-no-steenkin-1000000-for-retirement/#comment-1837 real people, real finances Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:44:37 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=884#comment-1837 I agree with RS - I'd much rather have too much than not enough. I agree with RS – I’d much rather have too much than not enough.

]]> By: Guest http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/02/16/we-dont-need-no-steenkin-1000000-for-retirement/#comment-1836 Guest Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:47:51 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=884#comment-1836 Social Security and Medicare will NEVER go bankrupt. These are programs run by the government who have infinite power to tax their citizens. The REAL danger is massive taxation and a lower standard a living as a result of the heavy taxation. Social Security and Medicare will NEVER go bankrupt. These are programs run by the government who have infinite power to tax their citizens. The REAL danger is massive taxation and a lower standard a living as a result of the heavy taxation.

]]> By: RS http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/02/16/we-dont-need-no-steenkin-1000000-for-retirement/#comment-1835 RS Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:21:44 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=884#comment-1835 I guess I would rather be safe than sorry. I may as well at least have a plan to save my million for retirement than get there and realize that I don't have enough. I guess I would rather be safe than sorry. I may as well at least have a plan to save my million for retirement than get there and realize that I don’t have enough.

]]> By: Caitlin http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2006/02/16/we-dont-need-no-steenkin-1000000-for-retirement/#comment-1834 Caitlin Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:20:05 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=884#comment-1834 Seems gloom and doom is probably fueling record investment in the mutual fund industry too....so some are incented financially to preach that view. I'm glad there are other voices in the fray! Good link, thanks Seems gloom and doom is probably fueling record investment in the mutual fund industry too….so some are incented financially to preach that view. I’m glad there are other voices in the fray! Good link, thanks

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