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Re:Investing for Geeks by maerF0x0 on Friday September 16, 2016 @05:57PM (#12517648)
oh i see the pattern like someone making $50k a year to start, but rises to $150k by end of career and whom is planning for a retirement income of the average (100k)... Then a Roth is a good deal when making $50k (at the beginning) and regular is better when making $150k (at the end)...

Tricky.

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Re:Investing for Geeks by dennisgorelik on Friday September 16, 2016 @11:27PM (#12518976)
If you are making $50K/year - it does NOT make sense to save in order to push retirement income up to $100K/year.

On the other hand, saving when you have $150K/year income in order to push your retirement up to $100K/year could make sense.

(All numbers in this example are inflation adjusted to each other)

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Re:Investing for Geeks by taurath on Sunday September 18, 2016 @04:38PM (#12527114)
Keep in mind Roth is no longer an option after 120k.
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