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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 03:45 PM Mar 2014

Secular Talk: Retirement Is Becoming A 1% Privilege



Most people have very little tucked away for retirement, and many aren't even trying to figure out how much they'll need later in life, a new national survey reveals...

Read More At:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2014/03/18/retirement-confidence-survey-savings/6432241/

http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/24/pf/emergency-savings/

Clip from the Tuesday, March 18th 2014 edition of The Kyle Kulinski Show, which airs live on Blog Talk Radio and Secular Talk Radio monday - friday 4-6pm Eastern
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Secular Talk: Retirement Is Becoming A 1% Privilege (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Mar 2014 OP
Frightening, but true. Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #1
The guy in the video seems to be laboring under the assumption that if conservatives . . . markpkessinger Mar 2014 #2

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
1. Frightening, but true.
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 04:01 PM
Mar 2014

"There greed is going to derail the entire economy." That will be what happens, but it will not hurt them like it will hurt the rest of us. It is a global economy, my friend. The wealthy are no longer content to put all their eggs in the USA basket....they are invested in other areas---places where we peons are not able to invest. But I also think that if this country goes down in flames, the world economy will follow, and that is something that the wealthy do not seem to comprehend.

markpkessinger

(8,401 posts)
2. The guy in the video seems to be laboring under the assumption that if conservatives . . .
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 08:02 PM
Mar 2014

. . . only knew and understood the truth, they would come around. Deep down, they know the truth of the matter, and they don't care. And they have no interest whatsoever in being educated as to any facts.

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