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tinfoilinfor2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-14-06 08:49 PM
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6. Oops...forgot pensions.
Guess I thought the pubs had made them a thing of the past!
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  -Age fifty+: How well are you set for retirement? tinfoilinfor2005  Oct-14-06 08:27 PM   #0 
  - That is If we still have SS after the Chimp bust's SS beyond repair.  sce56   Oct-14-06 08:32 PM   #1 
  - beat me to it. n/t  DiktatrW   Oct-14-06 08:37 PM   #2 
  - Chimpy is looking to give our SS monies to his Wall Street bidness buds!  Blue State Native   Oct-14-06 08:51 PM   #8 
  - Union pension, SS  justgamma   Oct-14-06 08:43 PM   #3 
  - Oops...forgot pensions.  tinfoilinfor2005   Oct-14-06 08:49 PM   #6 
  - wife notified she cant qualify for full SS till she is 70.. but they cut  sam sarrha   Oct-14-06 08:51 PM   #7 
  - We are in the same boat  AnneD   Oct-14-06 08:55 PM   #10 
  - spent all our retirement having 4 good jobs sent to China an medical bills  sam sarrha   Oct-14-06 08:48 PM   #4 
  - Fifteen years ago we were in a huge hole with no end in sight  tinfoilinfor2005   Oct-14-06 09:14 PM   #13 
  - I fully expect to be homeless when I retire....  mike_c   Oct-14-06 08:48 PM   #5 
  - if you are a Democrat, youll be in a camp waiting for your turn in an Oven  sam sarrha   Oct-14-06 08:52 PM   #9 
  - The reason I asked this question was because I had a discussion  tinfoilinfor2005   Oct-14-06 08:55 PM   #11 
     - Doesn't he qualify for some kind of a military pension? (nt)  question everything   Oct-14-06 09:29 PM   #17 
     - No. He didn't serve twenty years because basically his nerves  tinfoilinfor2005   Oct-14-06 09:50 PM   #23 
        - It is hard to believe that a veteran cannot get any help  question everything   Oct-15-06 02:11 AM   #37 
           - Funny you should say that.  tinfoilinfor2005   Oct-15-06 09:13 AM   #43 
     - The situation you descibe will change in ten years when............  gbrooks   Oct-14-06 09:36 PM   #22 
        - Whoa. Didn't have any idea how bleak pensions were in  tinfoilinfor2005   Oct-14-06 10:01 PM   #27 
           - No it's due to unenforced labor and tax laws.....  gbrooks   Oct-14-06 10:26 PM   #32 
              - Acapulco Gold harvested in Canada?  tinfoilinfor2005   Oct-14-06 10:41 PM   #34 
                 - Acapulco Gold, that shit is shake up here. You can't give it away...  gbrooks   Oct-14-06 10:50 PM   #35 
  - I have a great union pension. and live very comfortably  augie38   Oct-14-06 08:57 PM   #12 
  - How well am I set for retirement?  Daphne08   Oct-14-06 09:17 PM   #14 
  - So that would be a maybe?  tinfoilinfor2005   Oct-14-06 09:29 PM   #15 
  - Another union member here with a great retirement plan.  femmocrat   Oct-14-06 09:29 PM   #16 
  - Probably will be okay  Mz Pip   Oct-14-06 09:30 PM   #18 
  - I voted other because until 6 years ago, we were on track for a  spacelady   Oct-14-06 09:33 PM   #19 
  - my pension and accounts are good to go. Please, young ones,  roguevalley   Oct-14-06 09:35 PM   #20 
  - No one is secure any more...  TheGoldenRule   Oct-14-06 09:35 PM   #21 
  - we will be lucky to make it through this year  blues90   Oct-14-06 09:54 PM   #24 
     - Thanks for posting.  tinfoilinfor2005   Oct-14-06 10:11 PM   #29 
        - It is pretty scary stuff  blues90   Oct-15-06 12:09 PM   #49 
  - "hopefully, I have planned and saved enough to"...  annabanana   Oct-14-06 09:56 PM   #25 
  - I guess my situation sounds the most like your scenario.  tinfoilinfor2005   Oct-14-06 10:28 PM   #33 
  - My father's 82 and the top salesman in North America for his company.  oblivious   Oct-14-06 10:00 PM   #26 
  - a large inheritance helps  flyingfysh   Oct-14-06 10:06 PM   #28 
  - No large inheritance here, but certainly a goodly amount of help  tinfoilinfor2005   Oct-14-06 10:18 PM   #30 
  - I've been retired for 6+ years--so far, so good.  Buck Laser   Oct-14-06 10:19 PM   #31 
  - We're among the lucky ones.  SheilaT   Oct-14-06 10:55 PM   #36 
  - master's degree, teach college, pension is near zero  yurbud   Oct-15-06 02:21 AM   #38 
  - I'm good, I inherited  Raine   Oct-15-06 03:55 AM   #39 
  - We live below our means but feel a lot of anxiety about health care  Hekate   Oct-15-06 04:18 AM   #40 
  - My dad got remarried at 80, a year after mom passed,  tinfoilinfor2005   Oct-15-06 09:29 AM   #44 
  - I always dreamed I would retire at age 55. I'm now almost 57 &  B Calm   Oct-15-06 06:38 AM   #41 
  - What Retirement?  BeachBuckeye   Oct-15-06 08:17 AM   #42 
  - I am 46 and about to declare bankruptcy.  Rosemary2205   Oct-15-06 10:04 AM   #45 
  - And yet you have a smiley sunshine face lighting up your post.  tinfoilinfor2005   Oct-15-06 11:58 AM   #48 
     - What's not to be happy about?  Rosemary2205   Oct-15-06 12:09 PM   #50 
        - Sorry about the snow. That part I couldn't deal with.  tinfoilinfor2005   Oct-15-06 12:57 PM   #52 
  - At a certain age, since I won't have enough to last for a decent  smirkymonkey   Oct-15-06 10:11 AM   #46 
  - Seriously, sounds like a plan to me.  sofedupwithbush   Oct-15-06 12:37 PM   #51 
  - Retired from Gov't jobs 7 years ago. Quite comfortable.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Oct-15-06 11:47 AM   #47 
 

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