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Economists propose banning 401k's and IRA's to help make social security solvent :taychristmas:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/talk-robbing-peter-pay-paul-131200883.html

This would be a dramarama if it actually happened. I have a lot of retirement savings, but the drama bomb that would drop would be worth the massive loss to my net worth.

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it also leaves potential tax revenue on the table

get fricked

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Good thing my retirement plan is the ABA-approved "die in my office while working on a memorandum" :marseyfluffy:

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Alternatively, we can just cull everyone over 75.

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There's at least another generation before they can do this, because the people who vote won't have it.

They will die, eventually

The next generation will be in eat the rich mode, and vote to dissolve individual private retirement accounts

but

it won't make a difference, because there won't be anyone left with retirement accounts worth seizing

so

meh

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Listen to me very carefully. You will face gallows. I am a trained infantry veteran, and you are barking up the wrong tree. If you call me one more name, or attempt to threaten me one more time, I will have military and police called and on your doorstep. I hope this is clear.

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