CovOps
Location : Ether-Sphere Job/hobbies : Irrationality Exterminator Humor : Über Serious
| Subject: It’s now almost impossible to save for retirement Tue Apr 26, 2016 4:22 am | |
| My grandfather was something of a Renaissance Man.
He was a farmer, schoolteacher, fisherman, collector, real estate investor… and one of those guys who always seemed to know how to do everything.
He could take apart an engine, build a house with his bare hands, tame wild horses, treat life-threatening wounds, play the guitar… and he was extremely well respected in his community.
Plus, like many from his generation who grew up during the Great Depression, he was also a prolific saver.
Being highly mistrustful of banks, my grandparents dealt mostly in physical cash. They used to keep money in old coffee cans stuffed full of coins and bills.
Every now and again when the coffee cans became too numerous, they would buy government savings bonds.
Of course, that was a different world.
More: https://www.sovereignman.com/trends/its-now-almost-impossible-to-save-for-retirement-19123/?inf_contact_key=620f4e027aab9ed5d04809f43cf810ac17d22c5bcc77b810417c37e3ff7b9e18 |
|