tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608523444133676064.post7508120598225712467..comments2023-10-24T04:42:01.698-04:00Comments on piggybankblues: Why You Need To Start Saving NOWPiggyBankBlueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06690849714922488666noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608523444133676064.post-40784764603748448372007-11-13T17:40:00.000-05:002007-11-13T17:40:00.000-05:00I've really got to get an EF and get my 401(k) up....I've really got to get an EF and get my 401(k) up. All the recession/inflation talk is making me nervous. Did you see the Herbert op-ed in the NYT? I thought he was dead-on re: recesssion.Ms. M&Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00956851778885437199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608523444133676064.post-3910661722205984492007-11-13T09:33:00.000-05:002007-11-13T09:33:00.000-05:00good point, zeitgeist, i forgot to mention that by...good point, zeitgeist, i forgot to mention that by the time we retire we won't be collecting until age 90...<BR/><BR/>and i've seen my grandparents try and live off of social security alone. it wasn't cool in the 1990s and it sure as heck won't be cool in the 2040s.PiggyBankBlueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06690849714922488666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608523444133676064.post-43047245183156611722007-11-12T23:18:00.000-05:002007-11-12T23:18:00.000-05:00Right on. I couldn't agree with you more. The ag...Right on. I couldn't agree with you more. The age at which people can collect full social security benefits is gradually rising as well, and people will feel that right in the pocketbook at retirement. <BR/><BR/>Having said that, anyone who thinks that social security alone will fund an adequate retirement is drinking crazy juice. . .frugal zeitgeisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17804781758510341558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608523444133676064.post-72426290847895988962007-11-12T22:56:00.000-05:002007-11-12T22:56:00.000-05:00don't be jealous, i talk about finance so much the...don't be jealous, i talk about finance so much they hardly pay attention :) <BR/><BR/>but my friends all work in the service industry or own their own business, so they're not really hooked up with retirement funds and the like. and because they make cash it's a different way to budget.PiggyBankBlueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06690849714922488666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608523444133676064.post-66846481955132437842007-11-12T16:21:00.000-05:002007-11-12T16:21:00.000-05:00It's great that you're helping out your friends wi...It's great that you're helping out your friends with their budgets...and I'm a little jealous that you have friends that you can talk to about personal finance.SavingDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10267021491907810696noreply@blogger.com