With Budget Proposal Obama Tells Us What Is A ‘ReasonableÂ’ Amount To Have In Retirement Accounts April 6, 2013 Lonely Conservative With his budget proposal, President Obama has told us what he believes is a “reasonable†amount to have in a retirement account. $3 million is the number he chose. According to a White House statement, the Obama administration believes the current rules allow some wealthy individuals “to accumulate many millions of dollars in these accounts, substantially more than is needed to fund reasonable levels of retirement saving.â€â€œThe budget would limit an individualÂ’s total balance across tax-preferred accounts to an...