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In reply to the discussion: The Great American Do-It-Yourself Retirement Fraud, Brought to You By Big Finance & Co. [View all]ceonupe
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It's clear you don't understand how it works.
We are moving from defined benifts to contributions. The problem is if you make let's say 50k a year or so unless u start young you won't have enogh to retire. Before we were sold lies that basically said others would pay for your Beniffits only to findout the others may not be there to pay the bill.
I have a modest 401k (I'm young 31 and only started at age 28) I know I should have tried earlier but as a small business owner I had to build the business to a point it could support offering a match. Now about 50% of my employees participate. The company matches up to 3%. Many of my peers in business with less than 5 million in revenues don't even offer a plan.
It's better than nothing and one day we hope to offer even more of a match to the tax limits once we are in a position to.
Some small businesses do profit shares my wife a health professional got about 8k in profit share last year.