37% of US Middle Class says "I’ll Never Retire, But Work Until I’m Too Sick or Die"

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

What the above says to me is that you don't know what the hell you're talking about.

Condition people? I'm posting an opinion on a website. Don't make it anything more than what it is.

Do you and I'll do what I do. I wanna have a JOB to go to. If you don't, that's your business.

"Condition." Lol....unreal.

Originally Posted by T-310

I like what I do. I will keep doing it until I lose my license for going blind, senile or dropping dead from a heart attack.

Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

Ditto.

And all this is great. I am absolutely in favor of you working until you die, if you so desire. But stop using your self-imposed bravado as an excuse to call out other people for wanting to be able to retire at some point,or to pretend that retired people sit around all day and do nothing while you are being the man by still working.

I enjoy what I do for a living as well, but I'd like to not be shackled to it in order to survive. And when the day arrives that I can go on with my life without being shackled to it, you damn well better believe that it will become nothing more than something I do when I want to, not because i have to.

As for "I don't know what the hell I'm talking about", are you suggesting that retired people DO just sit around all day doing nothing, wishing they could go back and work for the man?

[tickyul]

Originally Posted by MaseMan

Those things don't have anything to do with the discussion at hand. You're sort of sounding like a broken record at this point.

UMMMM, yes they do.

Seniors who used to rely on low-risk, fixed income investments are now making next to nothing if they try to stick with this strategy.

Banks are flush with cash thanks to ZIRP....no need to pay people for their deposits.

[atltechdude]

I'm almost 30 and I max out my roth IRA every month and put an additional several hundred a month in my roth 401k.

People who don't save anything for retirement during their working years have only themselves to blame if they can never afford to retire.

[bobtn]

Originally Posted by atltechdude

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People who don't save anything for retirement during their working years have only themselves to blame if they can never afford to retire.

[nononsenseguy]

Here is the thing: If you love what you do, you don't want to retire. I love what I do now. What I do now is my "retirement career." I'm not making a lot (yet), but some things take time.

Rush Limbaugh always said, find out what you love to do, and figure out how to get paid for it." Good advice. He says, whatever is the first thing you want to do in the morning after you get up, figure out how to make a career of it.

But, I have always loved my work, even before my current career. I always loved getting up and going to work in the morning. The benefit of what I do now is that I do it from home. I write. I create Web sites. I love it.

[T-310]

Originally Posted by freemkt

Dang, I live in a rail hub.

Heh, heh.

[T-310]

Originally Posted by freemkt

Do the DOT regs apply to you too?

FRA. Federal Railroad Regulations.

[eastmemphisguy]

Perhaps it's time to bring back the guillotine