(He deals with the idiocy of Big Government first hand - hence his willingness to quit)
Lol- that made me chuckle, who wouldn’t jump at a chance to quit after having to deal with government lol?
[[which we will be dipping into to live. $20K just won’t be enough, even with living a simple country existence.]]
Yep- it used to be enough, before everything went sky high- now there’s probably lots of people in same boat- they had enough for retirement IF prices didn’t soar- then along comes bammy and in 6 short years, all of a sudden the funds aren’t enough- We’re facing that very situation and like you we live very simply- but will probably be forced to cut back more and m ore till we eventually have to get rid of internet, perhaps tv etc just to make ends meet- It’s like we’re being pushed back into the stone ages by the left- I guess they didn’t like other people doing well
Growing up and saving, we thought everything was going to be ok- living in the most prosperous nation on earth, nothing to worry about- it’s just sad to see that we’ve entered into the ‘information and technology age’ but now, thanks to soaring prices, we won’t be able to continue affording it- Yippie- We’ve made such progress!
“Yep- it used to be enough, before everything went sky high- now there’s probably lots of people in same boat- they had enough for retirement IF prices didn’t soar- then along comes bammy and in 6 short years, all of a sudden the funds aren’t enough- We’re facing that very situation and like you we live very simply- but will probably be forced to cut back more and m ore till we eventually have to get rid of internet, perhaps tv etc just to make ends meet- It’s like we’re being pushed back into the stone ages by the left- I guess they didn’t like other people doing well”
And the government pretends like there’s no inflation, so the cost of living index is pitifully low. We just have to sit by and watch our purchasing power decline.
I’ve been watching the Forbes retirement survey for the last several years. Each year, less and less people think they’ll be able to retire. More think they’ll have to continue to work, even after getting on Social Security. Sad thing is - many older folks get physical problems so that they would have to limit the work they can do, so planning on continuing to work can be risky.