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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Come on, MR, can't you handle the foul truths that are mostly correct? Sebby's got it all figured out--work hard at a shite job, live for the now, and pull out the 'coon gun around age 64, when your supply of Maker's Mark is gone. 401ks are for losers who want to keep living after all the fun is gone.
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No, you fucking douchebag. Listen. The point is simple. Corporate nannyship stunts people from taking chances. We are winding up with a nation of people who want to do just waht they need to have $2mil put aside and slide off to golf land in old age. Thats nice fpor them, and I can't besmitrch them. But that stunts innovation. When people are left in more do or die scenarios, or forced to invest their money on their own, they tend to learn. they tend to think. they tend to be more than the vapid imbeciles who know nothing but relaity television and vesting dates. My point was larger than a mere shot at pensions. Pensions are just another vehicle which seems to allow people to avoid risk. Should everyone take risk? No. But I think a lot more of us could.
But please, Burger, sit on your ass and preach to me about how you've got ita ll figured out. You (a) don't know jack about my finance or my Maker's Mark supply and (b) are another goddamned risk aversive twit. Its easy as shit to fire darts at the guy who's picking on the conventional wisdom. Thats neither creative or brave, but utterly consistent.
