“Private sector 401k and IRA owners are first on the Democrats’ radar and may see their plans taken away soon. House Democrats are planning on eliminating those tax breaks and converting the private plans to government-controlled retirement accounts, where they will be at risk for insolvency.”
Conversion of existing IRA, 401k to government annuities could trigger a series of critical events. The real threat of conversion or confiscation would result in panic withdrawals from these accounts. Government could counter by freezing retirement withdrawals which would then likely result in panic withdrawal of regular bank accounts, stock and bond portfolios and capital flight. Freezing these accounts would essentially shut down commerce and markets. Businesses would fail and those that survived would stop sending in quarterly taxes. As the government was deprived of income, benefits would not be paid and welfare mobs would riot. Then we will have tyranny or anarchy depending on your location.
It doesn’t take much to start a stampede, and once it starts, it is very difficult to stop.
>>>The real threat of conversion or confiscation would result in panic withdrawals from these accounts. <<<
Interesting point... considering that was exactly what I was thinking about, which makes me think that whatever confiscation happens will done in a far more insidious manner.