Originally Posted by
foama
In this country, more than 50% of housholds have no savings at all.
Interesting foama. I'm going to guess that in the states, it's much greater than 50% that have no savings. And a refrigerator would be a problem.
I'll admit, I'm struggling. But it's because the choices I've made to save. Been doing it for a long time. Hopefully I'll live long enough to take advantage of it. I hit the federal max on my 401k and HSA. I'm down to 1 son in college right now. They each have 1 talon out of the nest, so their expenses on me is about to drop. My house is on a 15 year mortgage, the payment is high, but that's about to end too. And I have extra money withheld from my check and sent to our trusty gobment cause I keep getting pinched each tax season. So strapped? Yes, I'm strapped.
But savings? I have savings out the ying-yang. Unfortunately it's most all retirement savings and I'll have to pay a penalty to play with it ... at least until I'm 59.5 years old. But once I turn 59.5 years old, it's HOOKERS AND BLACKJACK EVERY DAY! That's 7 years from now though.
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