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  • Many retirement-aged Americans either don’t have enough money saved or they’re using their accounts like an ATM and withdrawing funds earlier than planned. NewsNation spoke with Shari Evans Buford, a woman who retired in Florida. She and her husband both worked until retirement and Evans Buford has a 401K as well as Social Security. But life happened and she said her savings disappeared before her eyes.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 341

  • @shAnn0n1
    @shAnn0n1 16 днів тому +95

    "RETIREMENT"?...I can't afford my monthly bills, let alone prepare for retirement.

    • @gravity-zero2917
      @gravity-zero2917 16 днів тому +9

      I'm 40 with $2100 saved in 401k SMH. Dang I screwed myself.

    • @jaimel8219
      @jaimel8219 16 днів тому +16

      @@gravity-zero2917 keep saving. You still have 20+ yr of compound interest ahead of you.

    • @twashington9983
      @twashington9983 16 днів тому

      @@gravity-zero2917 You're by no means screwed! Like the other person said, you still have 20+ years of compounding. Just make damn sure you get started TODAY! Contribute to your 401K up to the company match...don't miss that free money! And don't let your 401K be your only retirement vehicle. Invest in individual stocks and ETFs. There are so many companies that will make your money grow 10 times faster than your 401k! Get in there and fight! God be with you!!!

    • @SpicyKimchi-
      @SpicyKimchi- 15 днів тому +11

      @@gravity-zero2917 better late than never, 20 years can flip the picture

    • @andrerodriguez7603
      @andrerodriguez7603 15 днів тому +4

      I was in the same boat with only 15K in my IRA at the age 55 and living paycheck to paycheck. I got a job with a 401K plan and did the max on it. I planned to work at least 10 more years. I was laid off in 9 years. Now I have 120K in total retirement savings at 64 years of age. Still nothing to retire on. I rolled over that 401K money into my IRA. Picked a good company that had allot of future growth and potential in the stock market, I invested all my retirement money into the company ($120K). In 3 years I am comfortable enough to have a nice retirement to not worry about anything. So it’s possible for anyone to achieve this. Just takes a little time to learn how to invest in the stock market. But it is all a gamble. If you are younger, invest in a S&P 500 index fund in a Roth IRA.

  • @cc8751
    @cc8751 16 днів тому +82

    Inflation kills retirement

    • @Ravi-rl8tt
      @Ravi-rl8tt 16 днів тому +5

      No. Lack of financial literacy kills retirement. Get some real estate properties.

    • @PraveenSriram
      @PraveenSriram 16 днів тому +10

      Inflation and the rising cost of living is definitely a killer

    • @scottankers6690
      @scottankers6690 16 днів тому +11

      Wrong. Not properly investing over your ENTIRE career kills retirement.

    • @Chad_Max
      @Chad_Max 16 днів тому +7

      It erodes wealth whether for retirement or not…

    • @SpicyKimchi-
      @SpicyKimchi- 15 днів тому +5

      Bad financial planning and management is the root of all. That’s on each individual to own as much as people love to shift blame on the economy, president, corporate, taxes, someone’s mama.

  • @Janjust1617
    @Janjust1617 16 днів тому +35

    SS is NOT enough period. We truly need to save for our future.

    • @douglassmith9445
      @douglassmith9445 15 днів тому

      The term social security really needs to stop. That money needs to go towards our national deficit instead of being used up by boomers who then won’t allow future generations to have any left.

    • @daveb2280
      @daveb2280 15 днів тому

      @@douglassmith9445 Boomers worked for companies that had a defined pension plan. Thanks to Congress, laws were passed that allowed companies to rob the pension funds and then declare bankruptcy. Then along came 401K plans that forced employees to fund their own retirement. For Boomers, it was too little too late as it was impossible to catch up for all those missed years. No one with a brain believes social security will be around much longer.

    • @Barbara-jn2gw
      @Barbara-jn2gw 14 днів тому

      douglassmith yes, that makes a lot of sense. End social security, that people have paid into all of their working lives, at no choice of theirs. Put that money towards the deficit that trump, et al added 4.7 trillion to, that went to the top 3 %. riiiighhhttttt

    • @matthewm9261
      @matthewm9261 13 днів тому

      Save in currency that is devalued every year. It's all a scam

  • @BTrain-is8ch
    @BTrain-is8ch 16 днів тому +46

    The true shame is the number of Americans that think social security is supposed to be their retirement plan, spend four decades working and behaving as though it's taken care of for them, and are going to have to learn the hard way that it isn't. A close second is the number of politicians reinforcing that misconception.

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому +9

      Social security SHOULD sustain people in their later years. But, no, we are too busy sending all of our money to other countries and giving it to the rich here in the United States.

    • @BTrain-is8ch
      @BTrain-is8ch 15 днів тому

      ​@@jjones3566 Which politician told you that?

    • @g.t.richardson6311
      @g.t.richardson6311 15 днів тому +5

      @@jjones3566 it was never meant to be your only income in retirement, never. If I remember the 3 leg stool analogy, previously, Pension, SS, your own savings/cds. Then, 401k, SS, your savings/investments.
      Now you can add to that, Roths, HSAs, etc.
      Sending to foreign countries I agree. The giving it “to the rich” is a nonsense baloney talking point of MSNBC and the view types, and Biden, who is part of “the rich”

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому +5

      @@g.t.richardson6311 I never watch MSNBC. I don't care if it was meant to be onlt part of retirement. The United States is a very expensive place to live and if we have the money to spend on foreign wars, faoreign aide, immigrants, corporate welfre, ect., we have the money to give more to our poor elderly.

    • @pep590
      @pep590 15 днів тому +1

      @@g.t.richardson6311 You are so right that SS was never intended for your only income as the average SS payment is around $1650 or so for a 65 year old. They are way off on that $1907 figure. You got to have some kind of supplement with it. I have an IRA and military retirement myself. It wasn't until that I was well into my 40's, before I worked at a company in the late 90's who finally offered a 401k. Wish I had an extra 20 years for saving like the young folks do now, but good for them.

  • @franklin9400
    @franklin9400 16 днів тому +85

    Imagine saving your whole life. Every year you save. They devalue the currency you saved. It's a scam. Our whole economy is.

    • @Royale_with_Cheeese
      @Royale_with_Cheeese 16 днів тому

      The worst happened to people who retired in 2008. Those poor folks saw their money drop significantly.
      Folks who were invested during that time and continued forward got it all back with plenty more.

    • @gordonallen9095
      @gordonallen9095 16 днів тому

      It's RIGGED. The average person can't win no matter how you strategize. Between inflation, and a roller coaster market that's impossible to anticipate or time, you can lose it all at worst, or remain stagnant at best. "Vulture capitalism."

    • @franklin9400
      @franklin9400 16 днів тому +5

      @@Royale_with_Cheeese No they had it made. Their adult lives were defined by unlimited spending of money they didn't have. Our 35 trillion dollar debt they took from their children then haven't repaid (Never will), and the Internet boom. The people who have it worse are the people who will have to deal with the debt burden and build all the things the elderly spent all their wealth on, while not building. (infrastructure and homes).

    • @Royale_with_Cheeese
      @Royale_with_Cheeese 16 днів тому

      @@franklin9400
      Is it fair to blame the president who added the most to the national debt in one term than every president before him?

    • @dantheman6607
      @dantheman6607 16 днів тому +6

      That’s not the point people just don’t save.

  • @breadwinningbiscuit1086
    @breadwinningbiscuit1086 16 днів тому +40

    Going into retirement renting not a great plan. Paid off house is nice. Good idea to plan an emergency fund so you don’t need to touch 401k early.

    • @ryanclark6602
      @ryanclark6602 16 днів тому +8

      Yes, I don’t see what plan she had at all. Rent possibly going to 3000 while not working is not a plan. You should have bought a house thirty yrs ago. That would have been a plan

    • @Chad_Max
      @Chad_Max 16 днів тому +8

      Depends on how much you have in retirement. If you have a few million that’s compounding you can live off the change in value into perpetuity and rent pretty easily. The dark side of home ownership is that while it is a shortcut to building wealth homes cost money as well - property taxes, maintenance, insurance, etc.

    • @MIkeKDBA
      @MIkeKDBA 16 днів тому +3

      My mother lives in a retirement community. You buy into it and get all of the needed support services for older people, but then it's like renting the unit. Her rent went up, her food went up, everything went up, fortunately she can afford it.

    • @ericp1139
      @ericp1139 16 днів тому +5

      You’ll need to price in skyrocketing insurance and tax increases. A house can be a trap too.

    • @bryantsherman7263
      @bryantsherman7263 16 днів тому +6

      Increases in property taxes and homeowners insurance is killing a lot of people too.

  • @pubmeatman
    @pubmeatman 15 днів тому +5

    $3000 for rent, I bet everyone in the household has an expensive cell phone, they drive nice cars. They are financial irresponsible.

  • @OddlyAmusedByAll007
    @OddlyAmusedByAll007 16 днів тому +19

    Retirement?? What Retirement? Just gonna climb into the box on the last day 😂😂😂😂

  • @jenniejones9714
    @jenniejones9714 16 днів тому +35

    But we got billions for war

    • @MMK86
      @MMK86 15 днів тому +2

      correction...trillions

  • @user-nh4np4oq1t
    @user-nh4np4oq1t 16 днів тому +50

    Nooo really? We live in a world of competition. Have a bigger house, have more expensive vehicles, take lavish vacations. People live beyond their means. Wake up people!

    • @adamsd6638
      @adamsd6638 16 днів тому +3

      Agree

    • @Ravi-rl8tt
      @Ravi-rl8tt 16 днів тому +6

      I hate social media

    • @gilsonsangulukaniphiri5018
      @gilsonsangulukaniphiri5018 15 днів тому +4

      The trouble is that people who live beyond their means usually end up with "means " eating them alive!

    • @floydsemlow8253
      @floydsemlow8253 15 днів тому

      I'm glad there's no competition here. This is one American who gives ZERO F*UCKS !

    • @miragexl007
      @miragexl007 15 днів тому

      Absolutely true.

  • @johnd.5601
    @johnd.5601 16 днів тому +14

    If you think retirement is difficult, see what happens if you become disabled! If you don't look disabled it's even worse! If anything happens no insurance companies will pay for the products you paid for! The American courts will draw things out while the bills and taxes beat you into complete despair!
    You will never recover socially or financially and just forget about your education and experience because that is all worthless! You will be severely punished and the best case scenario is you become cheap labor and forced to watch illegal immigrants get the benefits that you work for and paid for!

  • @mycharles3340
    @mycharles3340 16 днів тому +23

    People are living too close to the wind. Not having kids is a major financial stress relief.

    • @happyappy19931
      @happyappy19931 15 днів тому

      Until there’s no future generation to run the country

  • @happyappy19931
    @happyappy19931 16 днів тому +16

    SS will not sustain retirement. It wasn’t meant to.

    • @davidcarp5935
      @davidcarp5935 15 днів тому +2

      make it meant to then

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому

      @@davidcarp5935 Absolutely! I agree with you! We have money to take care of everyone else in the world but our own people. F*cking b*llsh*t!

    • @rongendron8705
      @rongendron8705 15 днів тому +1

      It's even in the original name, i.e Supplemental Social Security! It was never meant to be your only income!

    • @bigvalley4987
      @bigvalley4987 14 днів тому

      @@rongendron8705,
      Yes it was meant to carry you. If you die within the first seven years of receiving the benefits.💯

  • @AZITHEMLGPRO
    @AZITHEMLGPRO 16 днів тому +19

    Just wanna put something in perspective for the millennials, getting ready to put in another 35 years: $100,000 in 1994 is worth $211,570.85 today

    • @douglassmith9445
      @douglassmith9445 15 днів тому +1

      Definitely gotta save and invest that much more as a result

    • @davidcarp5935
      @davidcarp5935 15 днів тому +3

      the other way around, 211 1994 = 100 today from inflation ;-o

    • @nemoretime7466
      @nemoretime7466 15 днів тому +2

      The usual comment to make would be that it would take $211k today to buy what $100k bought in 1994.

    • @DeanBKK
      @DeanBKK 13 днів тому

      Well if you invested $100k in the S&P in 1994 without contributing anything further, you would have over $600k in the market. From 1994 to 2024, the average return adjusted for inflation was 7.74%

  • @AKAAAK
    @AKAAAK 15 днів тому +8

    Damn, I'm retiring at 55/wife will be 59.5.... buy the key is, we'll be leaving the country to more affordable pastures with money in tow.

  • @Me97202
    @Me97202 16 днів тому +18

    Of all of my fellow Boomer friends, I was the only one saving money for retirement. My friends were all buying too much stuff and doing it on credit. I never made a high income, but I saved every month. Didn’t have a bunch of kids and retired early.

    • @richardgomez5008
      @richardgomez5008 16 днів тому +3

      My mother's advice to buy an old house within my annual income was a tremendous help.
      As a Baby Boomer the property valves were low compared to the high skyrocking property valves now. I lived the American Dream, beginning at dirt poor.
      ❤❤USA❤❤

  • @amandad6104
    @amandad6104 16 днів тому +11

    Inflation is killing us all 😔😩💔

  • @laurenb6160
    @laurenb6160 15 днів тому +10

    I’ve already excepted the fact I’ll never retire or own a home despite being a nurse making 110k a year. It’s never enough especially in California. I’d like to have one child but even that seems far fetched sometimes.

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому +3

      Isn't it great to be an American?

    • @happyappy19931
      @happyappy19931 15 днів тому

      California is your problem

    • @FreeAgent797
      @FreeAgent797 14 днів тому +2

      Why are you still living in a high cost of living state like California? Is it possible for you to move to a cheaper place?

    • @gregoryvierra6114
      @gregoryvierra6114 12 днів тому +1

      Accepted?

  • @lynncarrington2744
    @lynncarrington2744 13 днів тому +2

    How can a society allow seniors that have worked they whole life to live in poverty like this? It's shameful.

  • @UncleDavesKitchen
    @UncleDavesKitchen 16 днів тому +31

    if she pays rent she DIDN'T prepare for retirement. Social Security is approximately 1/3 of your working income, it's to SUPPLEMENT your retirement, not be the sole source of retirement income.

    • @colleenpeck6347
      @colleenpeck6347 15 днів тому +1

      Her mother collects social security also and lives paycheck to paycheck. You can work while collecting SSI. My brother collects SSI and works 16 hours /week, so they don't use their saved income.

    • @SpicyKimchi-
      @SpicyKimchi- 15 днів тому +1

      Isn’t the amount an average of your 35 highest years? If you don’t work 10 years, any gap will average a 0, pulling down your amount.

    • @colleenpeck6347
      @colleenpeck6347 15 днів тому +1

      @SpicyKimchi- SSI is based on a 40-year work history and SSI payments. You don't get FULL payment until then. I had a year off due to health reasons at age 20, and they asked me about it.

    • @SpicyKimchi-
      @SpicyKimchi- 15 днів тому +3

      @@colleenpeck6347 I meant to say average of 35 highest earning years, not 10. Gaps in the year pulls your average down earning you less.

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому +3

      Oh you must be a kind conservative.🙄🙄 Social security SHOULD sustain us. The United States has enough money to spend on it's own people, but all that money is going to the rich and to other countries. The problem is the United States and it's cruel ass system. Stop blaming people, most Americans could NEVER save all that they need for retirement.

  • @sillymadeupusername
    @sillymadeupusername 16 днів тому +11

    Sorry but I don't get it.
    How can you work from @18 years old to @65 years old and be stoney broke??
    This smacks of very poor financial budgeting/common sense?
    Even I who was a spendthrift in in 20s and 30s got my crap together.

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому +5

      Stop judging people. The United States SHOULD spend money to sustain it's people. Life shouldn't be this hard. It's our cruel hyper-capitalistic system that keeps benefiting the rich and making life too hard for everyone else.

    • @sew_gal7340
      @sew_gal7340 15 днів тому +3

      @@jjones3566 You SHOULD judge so that you dont end up in that same state. A fool learns from his mistakes, a wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

    • @pinkcrayon1382
      @pinkcrayon1382 15 днів тому

      ​@@sew_gal7340There is a difference between judging and learning. The article didn't give enough info to learn from this woman. We have no dollar amounts, no idea why she is renting, no reason why she moved, no understanding of the fixed expenses she faces.

  • @EnronnSierra
    @EnronnSierra 16 днів тому +11

    So, say on average, that ladies house hold is collecting $1,500 for each adult in SSA, that means 4,500, plus they all must have worked a good 40 years each and this is including the elderly mother. I just think they are not living within their means and they should have had a house many years ago and paid off. Some of this is bad decisions.

    • @lfkatzke
      @lfkatzke 16 днів тому +3

      Like $3,000 a month in rent?

    • @EnronnSierra
      @EnronnSierra 16 днів тому +1

      @@lfkatzke I can't see myself in my retirement paying that. I understand they have had some bad luck, but there was so bad planning too.

    • @dougfisher1813
      @dougfisher1813 15 днів тому

      My parents pay $400 a month rent for a 3 bed 1 bath house.

    • @lili2u405
      @lili2u405 14 днів тому +3

      Throw in all their medical bills & your theory goes out the window.

  • @9davidlong
    @9davidlong 16 днів тому +6

    If you have been married ten years and spouse dies, you will continue to receive their benefits.

    • @lfkatzke
      @lfkatzke 16 днів тому +8

      Yes, but you lose your spousal benefit.... or have to make a choice between theirs and yours (whichever is higher). You don't get to "double dip".

    • @MusicLover-ui9sm
      @MusicLover-ui9sm 14 днів тому +1

      Only if you are 60 or older
      You can get widows benefits which isn’t nothing
      Or you can draw your SS or your spouse SS
      And that’s isn’t enough in most cases

  • @pgppe9488
    @pgppe9488 15 днів тому +3

    It is strange how anyone can say that high inflation over 18-24 months could hamper retirement you should have been planned for over a 30-40 year time period.
    This story is titled incorrectly because the First Lady talking didn’t really have a retirement plan. Part of Retirement planning means getting getting out of debt before you retire, have an emergency fund and enough money in 401-K and IRA to supplement your lifestyle if not then keep working.

    • @gregoryvierra6114
      @gregoryvierra6114 12 днів тому

      Exactly this. Thank you.

    • @chrisschulze8081
      @chrisschulze8081 11 днів тому

      Correct, that why I’ve been putting money in my Roth IRA since I was 30….25 years now, also have a paid off house and cars, other investments and liquid, still don’t feel great once the money stops and the spending begins…gotta plan, the earlier the better….I have my son maxing out his Roth starting at 24.

  • @ericp1139
    @ericp1139 16 днів тому +3

    A lot of people underestimate how much money is needed to actually retire. You can’t just plan that everything goes perfect for the rest of your life. Capitalism/neoliberalism will be a rude awakening for the majority of retirees.

  • @diadora9292
    @diadora9292 15 днів тому +3

    House and cars have to be paid for….debt free before even considering retirement. Good luck to everyone in this bizaro effing world we live in today.

  • @seventhchild7270
    @seventhchild7270 15 днів тому +4

    I DOWNSIZED my life since the 2008 Recession,......I LIVE my life nice but simple, healthy, spiritually, and definitely live below my means!...it allows more room to adjust to the coming DEPRESSION AND high cost of food, utilities, various insurances, taxes, etc...still driving my well maintained 2011 Kia Rio..67,900 miles...Even my State retirement is taxed each month,...

  • @sallyprzybil2404
    @sallyprzybil2404 16 днів тому +6

    Don’t rent! Rents can go up every year, and landlords don’t like to rent to elderly persons. Buy a small house. As a retiree you are not tied to how good the job market is in the area you buy, so that opens up for home purchase many small towns and small cities where the working public is passing over because of their smaller job market. Also, like her, many seniors are taking care of other family members. Millions of seniors have custody, or have had to adopt, grandchildren that have been abandoned by family members. We’re called Grandfamilies or Kinship families, and there are millions of us in the USA. Also, in this tough economy, some of the kids themselves, bringing their families, are moving “back home”. Mine did, so now I’m having to stretch my Social Security and Nest egg to support 4 people. And I’m not alone in this situation.

    • @lfkatzke
      @lfkatzke 16 днів тому +2

      So, when you go broke - who's going to pick up the ball for you? Your kids? They already proved they can't make a go of it on their own.

    • @Dos-dh9ul
      @Dos-dh9ul 16 днів тому +1

      Moved to Tijuana mexico 5 years ago ride my motorcycle to work 3 days a week to San diego, best decision I ever made

    • @sallyprzybil2404
      @sallyprzybil2404 14 днів тому

      @@lfkatzke I’m hoping that doesn’t happen. I’m hanging on to my ‘nest egg’ with a tight fist, only using some of the interest it generates for expenses. Budgeting carefully, or trying to. Moving to a smaller town, where the economy is a bit more reasonable than where we’re at now. But, yes, that is a worry, and many older people are in danger of that. 30% of the homeless, unhoused, are Seniors. And seniors are the fastest growing group in the homeless population. So it is a worry. I’m making a plan to avoid that.

  • @Gone_huntingg
    @Gone_huntingg 11 днів тому

    have you ever heard a politician complaining about not having money or trouble retiring. a civil war is brewing.

  • @chrisschulze8081
    @chrisschulze8081 11 днів тому +1

    You must own your home outright…rent will continue to go up even during normal times…..

  • @greekbarrios
    @greekbarrios 14 днів тому +5

    It's great you prioritise your retirement. The concept of mini-retirement changed my life. I'm no longer waiting for some retirement paradise when I'm 65. It helps to know how to fund the lifestyle. You know, making money while you sip that piña colada by the beach does help. I wouldn't have been able to do it otherwise.

    • @AntagonisticAsian
      @AntagonisticAsian 14 днів тому +2

      Yeah, people miss that part. You don't jet out to Puerto Rico with your life savings. Proper investing and a good business acumen are big pluses. Invest in the stock market, real estate, build businesses. That's just it.

  • @mariahsmom9457
    @mariahsmom9457 10 днів тому

    SS was NEVER meant to fund your entire retirement. Why are people still needing to learn this lesson? Plus, people are wanting to spend four decades in retirement- and not save for it. Unrealistic expectations.

  • @EZPZ7
    @EZPZ7 15 днів тому +3

    really? 😮 We have enough money for forever wars ...and billions of $$$$$$

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому

      Absoutely agree with you! We have enough money to take care of everyone else in the world but we can't take care of our own senior citizens????

    • @rowdybush1
      @rowdybush1 15 днів тому

      @@jjones3566 These people chose not to take care of themselves, for starters. On top of that we give 100x more to Americans via all the welfare programs from food stamps to section 8.

  • @troyyang3703
    @troyyang3703 11 днів тому

    Not investing in stock market kills retirement.

  • @TH-1988
    @TH-1988 14 днів тому +1

    People will start living in their vehicles in the next 10 years, even with a $50k + salary.💯

  • @tmi4507
    @tmi4507 10 днів тому

    So essentially people are only saving for the bare minimum for retirement? I feel like telling people whatever you think you’re gonna need at 65. Go ahead and double that amount at a minimum.

  • @MrAlexanderTheG8
    @MrAlexanderTheG8 15 днів тому +1

    And you know who competes for the same jobs? Older folks and teenagers! Go to your local Walmart, it’s seniors and young adults! 😢

  • @agoogleuser9218
    @agoogleuser9218 10 днів тому

    this is why I plan to convert my 401k account into an annuity - no worries about running out of money then.

  • @Lp-ze1tg
    @Lp-ze1tg 15 днів тому +1

    I don't think it is limited to American anymore.

  • @cyclops9125
    @cyclops9125 15 днів тому +3

    More money for ukraine

  • @Lauren-vd4qe
    @Lauren-vd4qe 15 днів тому +5

    Live with a friend or a relative, rent a room in a house with shared kitchen/bathroom/laundry. Get an older smaller RV trailer and get a full service hookup in a smaller community for $300/mo or less.

  • @MS-ty8eq
    @MS-ty8eq 15 днів тому +1

    Too many people want to retire early 60s but they live another 30 years. Thats too long

  • @jaygold4467
    @jaygold4467 9 днів тому

    Lift The Wealthy Tax Cap on Social Security completely. Increase Social Security payments to Senior Citizens!

  • @vickybiagini8623
    @vickybiagini8623 15 днів тому +1

    The problem is we kive too long into our sixties and seventies. Its a very hard struggling life for alot of people.

  • @lifestooshort6801
    @lifestooshort6801 15 днів тому +2

    People are struggling to just survive 🤔 In between you're hopping to have enough to retire 😒

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому +1

      Cruel, isn't it? But, wait, how do we have money for everyone else in the world but our own citizens?

  • @garycheng901
    @garycheng901 13 днів тому

    Retire overseas is an option. Thailand, Malasia, or any contries that provide visa for retirees. The cost of living is way lower and you can have low medical bills.

  • @JessT-vg7ib
    @JessT-vg7ib 13 днів тому +1

    Maybe if the average American stopped eating for a week they'd lose weight and save money.

  • @richardgomez5008
    @richardgomez5008 13 днів тому

    The American Dream is out of reach for many Americans.
    I lived the American Dream.
    ❤❤USA❤❤

  • @matt7684
    @matt7684 13 днів тому

    I'm definitely not in a hurry nor looking forward to age 65.

  • @johnstallings4049
    @johnstallings4049 15 днів тому +2

    Im saving up to be poor & have lived on a fixed income of $19,000 a year for over a decade! 😶

  • @Barbara-jn2gw
    @Barbara-jn2gw 11 днів тому

    First mistake, move to Florida. Home insurance is outrageous

  • @Spdr1913
    @Spdr1913 16 днів тому +8

    Too many dollars in circulation

    • @OrdinaryMan1999-tn4hh
      @OrdinaryMan1999-tn4hh 16 днів тому +2

      and yet the vast majority of people don't have those dollars.

    • @dantheman6607
      @dantheman6607 16 днів тому +1

      That’s not the point or even true the message here is save for retirement

    • @OrdinaryMan1999-tn4hh
      @OrdinaryMan1999-tn4hh 16 днів тому

      @@dantheman6607 Economists will tell you that keeping your money in a bank loses it's value over time.

    • @rowdybush1
      @rowdybush1 15 днів тому

      @@OrdinaryMan1999-tn4hh You don't put your retirement saving in the bank..lol! You are definitely an ordinary man and that's the crux of the retirement problem,

  • @burkhardproksch637
    @burkhardproksch637 14 днів тому

    Let me get straight to the point: what good is all that money a month if you have to pay a lot more out of your own pocket elsewhere? You lose more than you can earn in this country. And the spiral goes on and on and never stops. Does it still make sense to live in this country?
    Other countries also have their problems, but it's still better than in this country. People somehow feel happier.

  • @irwinsaltzman979
    @irwinsaltzman979 13 днів тому +1

    1. Spend less than one makes. 2. SS is a portion of ones retirement income. 3. Wealth inequality is an issue as the wealthy pay less taxes % , then lower income people pay. Also wealth can be passed on to their children, with very little if any taxes paid. See owners of many NFL teams.

  • @mathew3267
    @mathew3267 15 днів тому +7

    Its your own fault for spending all of your money like its burning a hole in your pocket and now nothing for retirement.

  • @RETUSAF1995
    @RETUSAF1995 8 днів тому

    My SS is half that.

  • @y.r.9401
    @y.r.9401 13 днів тому

    They need to lower the retirement age to 50!

  • @davidcarp5935
    @davidcarp5935 15 днів тому

    Oh you got money, I see it on the table!

  • @ButcherBird-FW190D
    @ButcherBird-FW190D 14 днів тому

    She says they are relying on SS ? SS was never meant to sustain even a middle class lifestyle. It's a bare minimum safety net, that's the way it was designed. Past this; she's referencing rent ? Uhm, we're roughly her age and we own two homes free and clear... That's the point.... Going through life as a Renter is not going to end well for most people. That's not to say that owning a home is a panacea, but it's likely going to help a huge chunk as you get older.

  • @itconsgenio
    @itconsgenio 14 днів тому

    Because you guys keep printing money which causes inflation.

  • @bobbywright4087
    @bobbywright4087 16 днів тому +1

    This is America inflation is a very real thing mass number of people struggling...thanks biden thanks trump ..really I blame my self

  • @angelachanellehuang5663
    @angelachanellehuang5663 2 дні тому

    Thank God

  • @masterofnone2705
    @masterofnone2705 15 днів тому

    Easy math. You get to decide when you retire at whatever age you want. How much do you want per year times 25. You desire 50k? 50k x 25 is 1.25mil. 75k? 1.875mil. 100k? 2.5mil. I didn’t make this up. It’s called 4% withdraw rule to sustain 30 years with very high success rate. It’s too low? Go make your own whatever % rule but higher the number, shorter years that pool of your money can support you. SS is not going to be enough to support my desired found to support retirement. I knew that when I was teenager and that was long time ago.

  • @mazie7952
    @mazie7952 15 днів тому

    What's retirement???

  • @CalvinMorris-cf8jk
    @CalvinMorris-cf8jk 15 днів тому

    I see a lot of older people running around in giant homes 300 dollar shoes gold chines diamond rings 80,000 dollar cars gold cards 6,000 dollar French dogs and eating out at the nicest placeless in town how on earth can they not save for retirement.

  • @robertm8380
    @robertm8380 15 днів тому

    Americans should be able to tax the government everytime they send foreign countries money without sending back to United States causing huge inflation

  • @jesuswasasocialist4349
    @jesuswasasocialist4349 15 днів тому +4

    Ending inflation starts with you

    • @chrisadams3384
      @chrisadams3384 15 днів тому +4

      You sound like my boss that makes over 300k a yr.He just can't understand how some one like me making $18 a hr is having such a hard time.SMH!!!

    • @happyappy19931
      @happyappy19931 15 днів тому +1

      Also Jesus was not a socialist.

  • @scottankers6690
    @scottankers6690 16 днів тому +4

    Because they are afraid to truly invest their money over the long term. CDs are not gonna cut it.

  • @pinkcrayon1382
    @pinkcrayon1382 15 днів тому

    I take issue with the final comment of the reporter that inflation is eating away at ASSETS. It is not. The value of assets has continued to go UP. Real estate, equities, etc., are all thru the roof. Inflation eats away at INCOME. A savings account/car/paying rent is not an asset. And if one is taking $100 here and there out of a 401k, that is poor planning. I think this woman honestly saved and planned...just not enough or for the right things. I would love to know more about her situation.

  • @528sunchaser
    @528sunchaser 15 днів тому +3

    Social Security was NEVER meant to be 100% of anybody’s retirement. Legitimately, many people struggle, but a greater percentage of Americans live above their means and always have. This is not news.

  • @dawolvx3098
    @dawolvx3098 16 днів тому +1

    You cant retire in the US, take what you have and ex pat out of the US and to another country, at least your taxes anywhere else will provide health care, medications, etc.

    • @dantheman6607
      @dantheman6607 16 днів тому +1

      Bull plenty do I did and it’s the best feeling. You know what’s not living some place where you don’t speak the language

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому

      @dawolx3098 I agree with you. We have money to spend on everyone else in the world (foreign wars, migrants, aide to other countries, etc.) but we don't have the money to take care of our own people? F*cked up! I wish I could go back to Germany where my life was so much easier than it is here in the U. S.

  • @fernandogallardo3458
    @fernandogallardo3458 16 днів тому +2

    If you want the solution to inflation: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
    If you want the solution to poverty: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
    If you want the solution to homelessness: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
    If you want the solution to crime: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
    If you want the solution to violence: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
    If you want the solution to greed: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
    If you want the solution to warfare: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
    If you want the solution to hate: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
    If you want the solution to the economy: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
    If you want the solution to peace: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
    If you want the solution to all evil: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
    If you want to make America great: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
    If you want to make the economy strong: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
    If you want to love God: LOVE ONE ANOTHER
    If you want to do good: LOVE ONE ANOTHER

  • @kealiimaxilom2465
    @kealiimaxilom2465 14 днів тому

    What is retirement? Does it taste good dipped in custard?

  • @patwilson1257
    @patwilson1257 16 днів тому

    NO, social security IS NOT ENOUGH…………….i can witness to that……………… EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP………..the essentials eat up your check before you half way through paying your bills…………………

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому

      But...we have trillions of dollars for migrants and foreign wars!!!!!

  • @eajinabi
    @eajinabi 16 днів тому +1

    So who's fault is this and how does this get fixed?

    • @LarryManiccia
      @LarryManiccia 15 днів тому

      Every American is responsible for their own future. Don't get me wrong the gov't is screwing everyone over with the increase in inflation the last 40 years, especially the last 5, but in order to have a chance you need to start saving early, and live within your means during your working years. If not you won't have a prayer of ever stopping work and retiring. It's not easy, but the sad fact is many Americans just lack the discipline to do it. To answer your second question; no one is going to fix this but each individual. The government is only going to make the situation worse.

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому

      Who's fault is it? Well, not our hyper-capitalistic system that favors the rich! Not our government who has money for everyone else in the world but it's own people!

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому

      @@LarryManiccia Yes, it is a sad fact. And Americans sit around while their government gives money to everyone in the world, but can't take care of it's own senior citizens. Americans have an attitude like this is just the way it is. Wake up!

    • @eajinabi
      @eajinabi 15 днів тому

      @@jjones3566 so how do you fix it?

  • @faronray5765
    @faronray5765 15 днів тому +2

    You don't know how they managed their financial situation. Most people live way beyond their means

  • @codelessunlimited7701
    @codelessunlimited7701 15 днів тому

    A healthy Americans should leave US with their retirement accounts.

  • @sodbuster7776
    @sodbuster7776 15 днів тому

    My retirement home is my car 😮

  • @vincentnnyc
    @vincentnnyc 15 днів тому

    First world problem. How does older folks in third world countries like vietnam, Thailand, Mexico, Argentina, etc afford retirement if they don’t have 401k in those countries?

  • @cutehumor
    @cutehumor 16 днів тому

    Her mother should go to a nursing home because she is sacrificing herself just to keep her home. If you say I’m dumb, she shouldn’t complain about not having money in her retirement. She sacrificed herself financially for her mother

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому +1

      Yes, and she should not have to sacrifice herself financially for her mother to have good care in the richest country in the world, should she?

  • @PraveenSriram
    @PraveenSriram 16 днів тому +1

    I have a wealthy family fortunately to fall back on if I am a good honest person who continues to help others even when my elder parents pass away hopefully much later than sooner and I will be turning 41 years old this year.

  • @MMK86
    @MMK86 15 днів тому

    here in Canada the governments MAID program will be most peoples way of "retirement"

  • @ronmexico5908
    @ronmexico5908 15 днів тому

    Americans have historically been awful savers. Those that couldn’t afford to save are obviously excluded. The time to start saving is when a child is born. Not in their 30’s and 40’s when it’s too late

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому +2

      Yes, Americans may be awful savers, after all, since birth we are brainwashed into believing that collecting things will make us happy.

  • @ANGELCRYPT0
    @ANGELCRYPT0 16 днів тому +1

    Stack your Sats and XRP folks.

  • @rickdunn3863
    @rickdunn3863 15 днів тому +1

    You can ONLY complain if you didn't vote for Biden. You deserve to be broke, but the rest of us want TRUMP, and want America to be FIRST, NOT LAST. FJB

    • @fd-to7ex
      @fd-to7ex 15 днів тому +1

      No way 80 million Americans voted for Biden.

  • @JP-te7kd
    @JP-te7kd 16 днів тому +3

    I can't understand why so many retirees don't own their home. We live in a low-cost area and own our home. We can retire comfortably. If I lived in a high-cost area renting, I would plan on working until I die.

  • @mikeymarriott
    @mikeymarriott 15 днів тому +1

    Ms Buford, sounds like you’re a candidate to move to Mexico.

  • @AngelaVlahos
    @AngelaVlahos 15 днів тому

    dude, what's with america?

  • @davidcarp5935
    @davidcarp5935 15 днів тому

    bad luck happens as well as bad decisions

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому

      It is not bad luck. Don't be deluded. Here in the United States we live in a system that favors the rich and our government has enough money for everyone else in the world but it's own taxpaying citizens.

  • @skullandbones1832
    @skullandbones1832 15 днів тому

    💚

  • @jersmith1486
    @jersmith1486 14 днів тому

    give and it shall be given unto you.
    Matthew 6:25-34
    New Living Translation
    25 “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life-whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are? 27 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

  • @JPAGH
    @JPAGH 16 днів тому +1

    Econmy is great, and Bidenomics works well, liberal media say.

    • @happyappy19931
      @happyappy19931 16 днів тому

      Riiight

    • @GreenEnvy.
      @GreenEnvy. 15 днів тому

      Says the guy who thinks Trump was good. How's that wall you were promised?

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому

      And the cruel Republicans do so well, don't they? Get your facts straight, please. Trumpm added over 8 trillion dollars to the national debt while he was in office.

  • @pep590
    @pep590 15 днів тому

    Joe Biden and the Dems did their part to sink this woman. Way to go Jim Crow Joe!

    • @ontheroad5555
      @ontheroad5555 15 днів тому

      They were retired long before Biden became president. Matter of fact their investment portfolio probably was destroyed when the 2nd Bush was in office in the 2008 stock market and financial meltdown.

  • @Andy-pz1pl
    @Andy-pz1pl 14 днів тому

    Let’s Go Brandon! Screw Democrats for these high inflation!

  • @jjones3566
    @jjones3566 15 днів тому +2

    Welcome to the "richest" country in the world where we are brain-washed into believing that we live in the best country in the world. 😠😠🤢🤢

  • @tienduong3008
    @tienduong3008 13 днів тому

    Thanks to those who voting for the Bidemic.

  • @johnalver
    @johnalver 15 днів тому

    Yeah but if they didn't pày out social security it would have 💀🇺🇲a lot sooner . . . DEPENDENCE IS DEPENDENCE 💀💀

  • @SpicyKimchi-
    @SpicyKimchi- 16 днів тому +4

    Retirement goal should include a fully paid residence & at least $1.5m, and a withdrawal plan that minimizes your tax liability on those withdraws.

    • @jjones3566
      @jjones3566 15 днів тому +1

      My retirement goal is too be so poor that I get all of the social services benefits that I can collect. F*ck this cruel ass hyper-capitalistic system that we have here in the United States that benefits only the rich. I have worked my whole life and have not been able to ever make a living wage. Now, I will suffer in my retirement in the "richest" country in the world.

    • @SpicyKimchi-
      @SpicyKimchi- 15 днів тому

      @@jjones3566 my first job was McDonald’s when I was 14. Saved every paycheck. Summer, instead of playing my friends I got a temp work at a nearby university doing data entry. I managed to get myself a 75% scholarship with my grades which funded my bachelor’s while I worked 35 hours a week and went to class after work. After I graduated, paid off rest of the 25% of my tuition, but I couldn’t find a job with my degree, got my foot in a company as a secretary instead. That company had tuition reimbursement and funded my MBA degree while I was employed by them. With my MBA I left for a company that has a higher growing potential and got my foot in as support role barely over min wage at the time. After 7 years I now have a career with that company and make over $120k. I will retire by 50 to part time work, with a fully funded retirement and paid off house. Don’t tell me US only benefits the rich. It benefits the determined and self sufficient who don’t just sit back and complain about their situation.

  • @miragexl007
    @miragexl007 15 днів тому

    Biden has helped greatly... lol. Let's keep this going?

  • @miragexl007
    @miragexl007 15 днів тому

    many of us live behind or me... And when you have Bidenomic type years.. It's time to reboot and rethink things a little bit and cut back.. and there's probablypeople that Believe biden and the administration that things are great/improving and probably are spending more. Sad