NO! - At this rate, I'll have to work until death.
79%
YES! - I have investments and/or a nice 401k to sustain me.
21%
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Helping older children is taking what little I save! College costs and other expenses keep going higher too!
I only voted yes because I'm already retired. I have a small pension and fortunately a decent amount of SS income plus savings that pay for the extras. If not for SS I'd have to work till I dropped or be taken in and supported by my children. If I were 15,20 or more years younger, I would certainly wonder if I'd ever be able to retire. Since SS benefits are based on your highest earning years, I've found that my current state of residence, AR, has many people who've worked all their life in this "right to work for less" state, are collecting a lot less then I am. I never made what I'd term big money, but I had a comfortable life for the most part and was able to raise my daughters, mostly by myself, thanks in large part to a good union job and superior benefits. I truly feel for young people trying to raise a family these days.
Personally I like working. That being said...I don't like working for free and I especially don't like working without a future plan. Yes I would like to be able to retire (at least semi retire). I'm 40 years old and have been working since I was 16. I've worked and payed income taxes for 25 yrs. By the time I reach retirement age I will have worked for 40 yrs and unless I have made investments of my own (into an economy that just robbed people of 20+% of their IRAs) I won't have a future. But what really grinds me is not so much having to work, it's working for wages that are not liveable; eventhough most companies report that their productions are up and profits are steadily increasing. I'm not asking for a jet, Cuban cigars or a big 'ol yacht; just a commpensation that keeps up with the ever increasing cost of living/survivel.
As Henry Ford once said; "I think a fare wage is one that affords the product we make".