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Old 05-02-2010, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Gandalara View Post
LOL - that's like the question When did you stop beating your spouse.

For me, it came down to higher salary and riskier retirement or lower salary and safer retirement. I'm an accountant - I could have made a lot larger monthly salary on "the outside".

The point of my post was to try and stop the fiction of the previous poster's claim of "can retire as young as age 50 and collect nearly 100 % of their salaries."
....and your data appears well-researched and appreciated. I just wanted to share my typical smart-a** opinion.
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