I would like to know how one does that myself.
Our 401ks are unfortunately linked to our jobs and we can’t access them until we quit. However, we did take out loans from them so we could get SOME of the money before the market tanks...or the government seizes the funds.
Me too!
The alternative, of course, is when they steal our retirement, invoke use of the second amendment for its intended purpose.
1) See what the penalty would be to get out of 401(k) or IRA. Decide to do it or nolt do it.
2) Go to a foreign country and set up a bank account.
You can purchase inexpensive books on how to do it here:
http://www.sovereignsociety.com
3) Transfer your funds to the foreign jurisdiction, making sure you pay US taxes on the income, and filing a
Form TD F 90-22.1 with Trasury Dept by June 15 every year.
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=148849,00.html
Note that the devil is in the details, I cannot tell you more because I do not know your situation.I assure you that there are completely legal ways to secure your estate from future government confiscation.Sovereign Society has pretty good information on it.