[jroneil]

Cash out your 401k at the first of the year
Pay off your debt by time the tax is due you will pay 1/2 as much.!

[nascarnation]

I pulled all the equity out of my house and borrowed sub 5% for 30 yrs fixed.

I plan on paying it back with Baraqqi minibucks.

[greeneyes]

What about rolling it over into a gold IRA? If the Dollar devalues by 50%, the value of gold will go up and you should have the same buying power instead of loosing 50% buying power. No taxes due, no penalty due.

If you want to pay off debt, wait till the gold rises in value, then you could take 1/2 of the Gold IRA, pay off the same amount of debt, and sill have a nest egg left. Taxes and penalty will be less expensive in real dollars too. If you are 59 1/2 no penalty applies.