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Was the 401(k) a Mistake? How an obscure, 45-year old tax change transformed retirement and left so many Americans out in the cold. (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (27 children)

Maybe don't encourage people to save in a currency that's purposely depreciating throughout their entire lives?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (21 children)

Is there a currency that doesn't depreciate?

[–] lemmyman 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Apple stock

Ammo

Land

Lentils

Beanie babies

Bitcoin

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Beets, beans, Battlestar Galactica

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A lentil based economy...you sonofabitch, I'm in!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Lentconomy if you will.

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