At 09:06 PM 2/18/2005 -0800, Doug wrote:
>> Let me put it another way.    Retirement is a predictable and forseeable
>> problem.    One can reasonably assume that as one advances in years, one
>> will want to continue to consume goods and services, and that one will be
>> either unwilling or unable to work in order to fund that consumption.
>> Thus, isn't the moral thing to do to save in proper amounts to fund one's
>> retirement, rather than leaving that problem to be solved by future
>> generations?
>
>So you put 12.4% of your income (to some limit), your employer matches it 
>and vwala!  You've saved for retirement!!

Except for the fact that the number is not saved and invested, it is taxed
and spent.

John D.
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