Showing posts with label retirement savings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retirement savings. Show all posts

Thursday, May 29, 2025

Why Germany's government Wants a Retirement savings Plan starting with all Children with Palki Sharma

Food for thought! Whether children/future adults will learn more financial responsibility this way is somewhat questionable. What happens when you die early?
It also smacks of a one size fits all government solution! Government paternalism comes to mind! What is next? Mandated annual health checkups etc.

Monday, November 07, 2022

In anticipation of stock market exuberance after the U.S. mid-term elections!

I don't care how short lived, but my wife and I would like to restore the dramatic value lost in our retirement savings invested in stocks!

Will the GOP decidedly win both houses of the U.S. Congress? I trust the American people to make the right decision by tomorrow! The Dimocratic Party and their demented and senile 46th President, Mistress Kamala, and the nutty and erratic Speaker of the House do not deserve anything better!

Lord have mercy! 

Monday, January 28, 2013

401K Accounts - Another Big Government Joke


Previously, I have blogged about COBRA as a big government joke!

Why Is Your Retirement Savings Dependent On Your Employer At All?

Why are employees depending on their employer to provide them with such or similar accounts like those for non-profits or federal government employees?
Why do newly hired employees have to endure a significant waiting period before they can open such an account?
Why do employees have to rollover such accounts whenever they change employers?
Why are employees limited to the investment funds their employer has selected for them?
Why are there so many confusing different retirement saving accounts established by our legislators (Roth IRAs, IRAs, 401K accounts, etc.)?

A Product Of Big Government And Crony Capitalism

401K accounts are another example of the excesses of big government! There should only be tax deferred or after tax individual retirement savings accounts entirely independent of whichever employer one works for. Period!

Instead big government, big corporations, and the financial industry came together …