That’s what the Roth Ira does. I’m getting closer to retirement (probably early) but a few years away from that magic 59 1/2. I use my Roth for my some of my more speculative stock trades. If I have a big winner there, there will be no capital gains tax. I call it my ‘can’t touch this’ account. At least it is for now. And I watch any proposed legislation like a hawk on IRAs.
The Roth Ira does that until the goverment changes the law and decides to grab some of it.
I no longer am involved with I.R.A.s and 401Ks but my wife is and will be 59 1/2 on June 27th, this year. We are considering removing all of it and taking the tax hit (but no penalty) at that time. The “Bush tax cuts” expire at the end of this year and that’s going to be devastating to us so called “rich people”.
“Rich” is defined by liberals as anyone who has a paying job or one who has worked all his/her working life to accumulate money to take them through their old age. To them, it’s only fair to take some of our “vast wealth” and give it to the have nots who have worked not, in their entire lives and in some cases it goes all the way back for several generations.
Babies born in the Lyndon Johnson era, now pushing 50 years old have been on welfare their entire lives and some have children, grand children and even great grand children who are in the same situation. Never worked a day in their lives but now they “deserve” some of mine and my wife’s hard earned and saved money. Screw them, let them starve if they won’t work.
Most of our savings is in Roth Iras too, but there is no telling with this regime. 0 bummer wants wealth redistribution to hurt the workers who are getting ready or just retired like me. Remember, he said he is not worried about the working white people for his reelection.