if there were viable reasonable alternatives we would do it....
I remember clearly my younger brother talking about starting an IRA like 35 yrs ago....he said his finacial guy said one thing...."the govt doesn't give anything away for free"....
think about it.....all these years of dangling carrots in front of us, and all those synchophant "advisors" telling us to sing everything we got into our retirement....
you can't even withdraw all your money now without a big penalty/tax bill...
All will take is a financial crisis that is but a few keystrokes away, and then Obama and his ilk will move in for the kill. They will seize IRAs and all retirement accounts. They have been planning it for years, modeled on South American actions. They will “give” you bonds in return. When the market drops, the panic sheeple will act grateful. Someone tell me I am wrong.