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Re:1 in 3 Americans Have $0 Saved for Retirement (2016) by onion2k on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @04:33AM (#15079643)
Money won't help very much if society collapses.
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Re:1 in 3 Americans Have $0 Saved for Retirement (2016) by splike on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @05:32AM (#15079910)
How do you propose we save for the future then? Gold? Bottle caps?
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Re:1 in 3 Americans Have $0 Saved for Retirement (2016) by onion2k on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @05:43AM (#15079968)
I propose that we change society to be fairer rather than have people suggest living on half your income is a viable retirement plan.

Failing that, 5.56mm rounds and canned goods.

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Re:1 in 3 Americans Have $0 Saved for Retirement (2016) by loco5niner on Friday August 25, 2017 @03:48PM (#15101613)
> change society to be fairer

I hope by this you mean "Rewards come from hard work and delayed gratification" rather than "take from the rich, give to the poor".

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