security?
for/against what?
Do you intend to pay your way into your grave or live life into the grave?
I don't think there is any money making plans worth having (I'm no financial wizard ... if anything, I wouldn't listen to my own financial advice ...)
You can live quite well in an out of the way piece of flyover, with good friends and likeminded neighbors, growing food, making wine and smoking pot all from your own doing.
If you're youngish (30-40) .. look for that piece of paradise and buy it ... dig a well, install sewage, then pull a Timothy Leary ... tune out, drop out and have a good life.
If you want to live in a burb ... IMO ... you'll never make it work as a Conservative without serious compromises .... and that would be madness
Actually its:
“Turn on, tune in, drop out”
“What do you have a 401K for anyway?”
For myself, and I think I speak for most people with a 401k, the main reason for having them is the employer-matching funds. So, for example, if I put 1 dollar in my 401k, my employer puts 30 cents in as well. That’s a 30% profit from the starting line, if you are fully vested. Some employers give even better deals, 50% matching, or 100% matching even.