Comments on: Obama Budget Recognizes the Need for More Retirement Savings http://blog.heritage.org/2009/02/26/obama-budget-recognizes-the-need-for-more-retirement-savings/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Thou Shalt Save! « Essential Knowledge http://blog.heritage.org/2009/02/26/obama-budget-recognizes-the-need-for-more-retirement-savings/#comment-71203 Thou Shalt Save! « Essential Knowledge Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:22:33 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=3067#comment-71203 [...] It takes legislation to bring it to reality: Read more: Automatic ?IRA ?Act ?of ?2007 not final versions ?(S. ?1141 ?& ?H.R ?2167). ?Other: CFED? Brookings? Heritage [...] [...] It takes legislation to bring it to reality: Read more: Automatic ?IRA ?Act ?of ?2007 not final versions ?(S. ?1141 ?& ?H.R ?2167). ?Other: CFED? Brookings? Heritage [...]

]]> By: B.W., Butte MT http://blog.heritage.org/2009/02/26/obama-budget-recognizes-the-need-for-more-retirement-savings/#comment-29751 B.W., Butte MT Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:19:51 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=3067#comment-29751 If they don’t want to save for retirement, all they have to do is to say no. Evidently, the first person who posted missed this line in the text. The Government is forcing people to do anything. You don't want to save for retirement....just say no. Get it? God, you right wing nutballs get so defensive. If they don’t want to save for retirement, all they have to do is to say no.

Evidently, the first person who posted missed this line in the text. The Government is forcing people to do anything. You don't want to save for retirement….just say no. Get it? God, you right wing nutballs get so defensive.

]]> By: R-Williams http://blog.heritage.org/2009/02/26/obama-budget-recognizes-the-need-for-more-retirement-savings/#comment-21082 R-Williams Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:46:10 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=3067#comment-21082 I'm wondering why Heritage would support a government mandate/requirement on businesses (especially small businesses) to be responsible for the nation's retirement planning. Another IRS form to fill out. More government bureaucracy to navigate. I thought we were for small government and personal responsibility. I'm wondering why Heritage would support a government mandate/requirement on businesses (especially small businesses) to be responsible for the nation's retirement planning. Another IRS form to fill out. More government bureaucracy to navigate. I thought we were for small government and personal responsibility.

]]> By: duelles, Santa Fe, N http://blog.heritage.org/2009/02/26/obama-budget-recognizes-the-need-for-more-retirement-savings/#comment-20026 duelles, Santa Fe, N Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:58:34 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=3067#comment-20026 If, as Jim from NY says, The money will be with the Government then he is right. The program is wrong. But I confess to have read that a 'balanced life time account' was not such a vehicle. I will do more DD on this one. If, as Jim from NY says, The money will be with the Government then he is right. The program is wrong. But I confess to have read that a 'balanced life time account' was not such a vehicle. I will do more DD on this one.

]]> By: Automatic enrollment is in the new Obama budget proposal | Rollover USA http://blog.heritage.org/2009/02/26/obama-budget-recognizes-the-need-for-more-retirement-savings/#comment-19742 Automatic enrollment is in the new Obama budget proposal | Rollover USA Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:27:43 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=3067#comment-19742 [...] idea draws praise from bloggers at both Heritage and the Nation. The trend of companies offering automatic enrollment is slowing. Strangely, more [...] [...] idea draws praise from bloggers at both Heritage and the Nation. The trend of companies offering automatic enrollment is slowing. Strangely, more [...]

]]> By: Automatic enrollment is in the new Obama budget proposal « Nudge blog http://blog.heritage.org/2009/02/26/obama-budget-recognizes-the-need-for-more-retirement-savings/#comment-19726 Automatic enrollment is in the new Obama budget proposal « Nudge blog Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:07:34 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=3067#comment-19726 [...] idea draws praise from bloggers at both Heritage and the Nation. The trend of companies offering automatic enrollment is slowing. Strangely, more [...] [...] idea draws praise from bloggers at both Heritage and the Nation. The trend of companies offering automatic enrollment is slowing. Strangely, more [...]

]]> By: louis hoffmeyer sain http://blog.heritage.org/2009/02/26/obama-budget-recognizes-the-need-for-more-retirement-savings/#comment-19722 louis hoffmeyer sain Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:47:34 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=3067#comment-19722 how diabolical is that,he systematically destroyed most of our pensions though his asinine assumption of robbing the treasury to spend our way out of dept. he now says we should start saving for retirement? how much more of this are we going to put up with? we owe our children a better legacy then this. how diabolical is that,he systematically destroyed most of our pensions though his asinine assumption of robbing the treasury to spend our way out of dept. he now says we should start saving for retirement? how much more of this are we going to put up with? we owe our children a better legacy then this.

]]> By: Jim Smith, New York http://blog.heritage.org/2009/02/26/obama-budget-recognizes-the-need-for-more-retirement-savings/#comment-19705 Jim Smith, New York Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:16:20 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=3067#comment-19705 Our Federal Government doesn't even qualify as the last place I would trust with my retirement savings. Any normal person who has money to manage and grow, should not turn those functions over to anyone. If you can't manage it, you don't deserve to have it. It's REAL SIMPLE. Our Federal Government doesn't even qualify as the last place I would trust with my retirement savings. Any normal person who has money to manage and grow, should not turn those functions over to anyone. If you can't manage it, you don't deserve to have it. It's REAL SIMPLE.

]]> By: duelles, Santa Fe, N http://blog.heritage.org/2009/02/26/obama-budget-recognizes-the-need-for-more-retirement-savings/#comment-19693 duelles, Santa Fe, N Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:08:51 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=3067#comment-19693 At age 60 and semi retired, I await the day when the Gov't seeks to tax my IRA. It is money that they will try to confiscate. they will not get mine. But, I am appalled at the number of my contemporaries who have done too little to provide for their retirement -which may never happen- and will need to work and save for years more than normal in the recent past. I go for the chance to save. The Gov't should 'promote' the general welfare. This IRA funding fits that bill. Great bumper sticker: At age 60 and semi retired, I await the day when the Gov't seeks to tax my IRA. It is money that they will try to confiscate. they will not get mine.

But, I am appalled at the number of my contemporaries who have done too little to provide for their retirement -which may never happen- and will need to work and save for years more than normal in the recent past. I go for the chance to save.

The Gov't should 'promote' the general welfare. This IRA funding fits that bill.

Great bumper sticker:

]]> By: Marshall Hill MI. http://blog.heritage.org/2009/02/26/obama-budget-recognizes-the-need-for-more-retirement-savings/#comment-19682 Marshall Hill MI. Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:09:33 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=3067#comment-19682 We can just play into the Socialist plot until they decide the money is theirs to administer! NO WAY! We can just play into the Socialist plot until they decide the money is theirs to administer!

NO WAY!

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