Posted on 06/20/2004 2:51:20 PM PDT by qam1
Same here --- but the government has wasted it, the money is no longer there. The smartest thing is to not count on the government supporting us --- and that's what Social Security really is about -- it's a welfare program that was disguised as a retirement plan.
It would be best to plan to go on working, acquire new skills, keep yourself in good shape. Working helps anyhow --- the healthier older people are still working.
In Germany in the 1880s, the majority of the population didn't live long enough to collect!
Dale, it's guys like you who built this country and keep it running. Honest, hard working folks have always been my role models and heroes. Here's a Fathers Day salute to you!
I agree. Although I'm only 20, I cannot imagine the possiblity of having so much leisure time. I'll be bored to death. I can't ever imagine retiring when I'm 52 even if I am able to do so.
I think it is natural for us to be productive for our whole lives until to the point we are no longer able to do so.
Just how badly do you want a wealthy spouse?
Anna Nicole Smith may still be single...
Ewwwwwwww..
I'm sorry to hear that market forces combined with management violation of the law, forced you into an early retirement. Here's hoping that you find something to do that will make your retirement worthwhile.
That's fine by me,but you ol timers need to get up off your wallet and have some nice landscaping done instead of trying to lowball my prices :)
See,it really costs ya in end.
"Bismarck, who used that year in his (first in Industrial Europe) pension plan for old-age pensioners in the 1880s."
Because in those days, almost NOBODY lived that long.
I like your attitude. Why vegetate?
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