Better Living Through Denial? Smokers, one fifth of American adults, often tell me they’re not worried about the future. Why? Because, as my webmaster and other smokers tell me, they don’t foresee a long term future. Retirement? Long term care insurance? Pointless. As many explain, “Smoking is my retirement plan.” Sorry, guys. It doesn’t work […]
Use It or Lose it – Why You May Never Want to Retire (10/12/10)
Many people believe they’ll never retire – because they won’t have the chance. The Wall Street –Subprime meltdown decimated personal retirement accounts while leaving public pensions grotesquely underfunded. Social Security has not paid cost of living increases for two years, and a highly indebted government may become incapable of paying for Medicare. Add in […]