Obama Wants To Limit Retirement Accounts

APRIL 6, 2013 BY BREAKING NEWS 31 COMMENTS

 Complaining that “some wealthy individuals are able to accumulate many millions of dollars in these accounts,” the Obama administration announced a plan to cap the total sum of any individual’s retirement accounts at $3 million. Stashing cash beyond that point, the administration insists, builds sums “substantially more than is needed to fund reasonable levels of retirement saving.” The administration’s argument seems to be based on the use of the word “million,” implying that only nasty rich people would want to accumulate such a hoard. But is that true? How much is enough for “reasonable levels of retirement saving.”

As it turns out, that’s one of the toughest questions to answer for retirement planning. Many advisors suggest you base your retirement savings on something like 70 percent of your pre-retirement income, multiplied by how many years you expect to live. So … Just when do you plan to kick off? As one article on retirement planning puts it, “basing your retirement needs on income is like basing your fuel needs on the size of your car’s gas tank. What really matters is how far you have to go and what kind of gas mileage you get.” Part of that “gas mileage” for retirement planning includes inflation. By the time you retire, will $3 million buy luxury? Or a sandwich?

Read more at Reason

By J.D. Tuccille.

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