The Onion @midwest.social Garibaldee @lemm.ee 4d ago

Naive Man Puts Money Into 401(k) as if Future Exists

thehardtimes.net Naive Man Puts Money Into 401(k) as if Future Exists

Local naive man Collin Blakeman blissfully contributed savings to his 401(k) despite the fact there is no future in which he will be able to use them.

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Lol .... I'm indigenous Canadian and I thought the headline said 'Native Man'
- Me too! I mean the reading the headline part, I'm not indigenous Canadian haha
RDRR.

But seriously, invest for retirement. It's all on you.
- I'm "investing" by learning self sustainability.
  
  I wanted to be more proactive, but school systems don't like hearing about kids who worry about climate change.
  
  Money helps a lot with resiliency. Like a lot.
  
  You need to invest money. My recommendation is get a job and start investing.
Don't worry, the 401(k) will be rug pulled as well even if the future exists.
I keep wondering if the incoming tech oligarchy administration will boost stock prices (because that's how they compound the billions) and that will be enough to keep us in this rut longer than we would be otherwise.
- The US stock market always performs well during Democratic presidents terms and does not do well during republicans
  
  Not true. https://www.fool.com/investing/2024/07/05/average-stock-market-return-democrat-republican-pr/
That poor fool.
What an idiot.

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