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About 20% of Americans ages 50 and older have no retirement savings, according to an AARP survey in January. It also found 61% are worried they won’t have enough money for retirement.

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I did the math not long ago. If I retired at 65, I would have enough money to live for a little bit and then starve in the streets. If I retired at 45, I would have enough money to live for a little bit and then starve in the streets.

The only difference was 20 years of drudgery.

Of course, there’s always the “work until I die” option.

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exactly. plenty of folks would love to retire at 50 if they could afford to and not to a jet set life but just to maintain food, shelter, and healthcare.

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I do not fear monsters under my bed or in my darkened closet, nor do I fear retirement, which is just as imaginary.

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No I don’t

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