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Old 06-14-2008, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Scanner View Post
No pension. . .I am self-employed but my wife gets a small one.

This is one of the other reasons I oppose dissolving SSI. . .it is some comfort there is a "gov't pension" awaiting me, to supplement and create a "ground floor" of my retirement.
I don't think of SS as the "ground floor" of my retirement planning. I think of it more as the icing on the cake, or really the whipped cream on top of the icing. If it comes, it will make things a little sweeter, but if it doesn't, everything will still be just fine due to our own saving and planning along the way.
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