From: "Steve Ewing" 

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:58:22 -0500, Mark  wrote:

> ...finally have an opportunity to have a decent
> retirement program outside the reach of the congress that will actually
> (even if they buy only bonds, not stocks) give them a decent return and a
> decent amount of money in retirement.

That's odd; I thought I was able to invest *outside* of SS: in fact, I just
enrolled in my company's 401(K) plan (been there a year now); and at one
point in my past I had an IRA.  I've even heard rumors of people that buy
their own CDs and dabble in the stock and bond markets all by themselves.

What's wrong with using the current program as a rock-bottom security
guarantee, and getting some sort of tax-deferred/exempt plan on the side? I
mean, $1000 a year isn't a whole hell of a lot to invest.

--
Steve 
http://www.qmss.com/sewing

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