Please.... PLEASE try and take the money I worked hard for and sacrificed for my whole life so that I can retire comfortably. You will see hell on Earth from those of us RESPONSIBLE people who saw beyond our next paycheck and even though we really could have used the money now, saved it instead. They better have some damn good security details is all I have to say. You do NOT screw with what a man has worked and sacrificed for. If I can't retire on the terms that I created based on my own actions, then my whole career would be deemed useless and without purpose. For those who didn't have the foresight to save, I'm sorry, but that is entirely your own fault. I see it every day. Sadly, my daughter and son-in-law blow every dime they have on meaningless crap, eating out all the time, vacations, etc... and they don't have a single dime in retirement savings. At their age, they are in a better position than we were in terms of income. They're both 30 years old. What the hell do they think they're going to do? I have news for them, I plan on enjoying my retirement to the fullest with the plan that when I leave this world, there won't be a dime left to my name. If they think they're getting an inheritance, they better think again.
Hubby retired at 53. Me at 58. I’ve done my darnedest to spend. I spend and spend and spend on what I want. I’m not extravagant and look for bargains but I spend it. I’ve already told daughter that I’m trying to spend it all so that all that’s left is the house...and it’s paid for. If Hubby goes before me then I’ll even sell the house and move to someplace a lot smaller. She just laughs and says....go for it.
We also spend a lot on her and the grandkids now even though she doesn’t actually need it.
“I plan on enjoying my retirement to the fullest with the plan that when I leave this world, there won’t be a dime left to my name.”
Our adult children call that excellent retirement planning and estate planning.
Even since I was a kid in the 1960's, I always knew ideas like this are why they have wanted to take our guns away for 50 years.
Amen!! My parents are loaded and I’ve told them to enjoy themselves to the hilt and don’t leave us kids a dime. They worked hard and saved and they deserve it.
They take it daily through inflation and most don't even recognize it as government theft.