federal gov't. retirement
201393
This site might help. Good Luck!\n\nhttp://www.postalmag.com/retirement.htm\n\nS.S.
111020
Start here, http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/\nAll employee retirement plans have to conform to certain federal guidelines.  They are overseen by the Department of Labor and the IRS.  You can also call 866-444-ebsa.\n\nGood luck!!
204282
I just spoke to the principal of an international school about this last week.  His school has worked out a Roth with an office that is in a U.S. territory nearby.  The tax is prepaid so there's no tax or penalty paid at retirement.  Email a investor in the Mainland to see what they can offer.  Some offices are just ignorant of the law, as most folks are for most things like voting, taxes, shipping things to people who are abroad.  You may want to email an investment group someplace like the Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico...  They're more familiar with policies and retirement programs for Americans living outside the Mainland.
57827
Government funded and nonprofit are exempt.
220560
I will guarantee that you will receive social security, because the government will not take it away (it would be bad policy, looks bad).  However, it will not be enough for any person to live on.  It is barely enough by today's standards.  So I believe it will exist, but it will be more of a nod to the elderly and the poor, but will not be any real assistance.  So I suggest to everyone invest, put money into your 401K, and try to save as much as you can.\n\nFor the guy who said he'll take care of himself. Good for you, but if I put you in a minimum wage job, lets see how well you do.  This program was instituted as a promise by our government to workers.  I find it cruel to say "oh yeah never mind should have saved".
504567
You've made my day! I would say "stick it out" a little while longer...maybe you will get the "hang" of it one of these days and get caught and the State will supply you with all your retirement housing needs! Sounds like a deal to me!
522049
Yeah, I think it's called retirement.
610222
You would have to check with your local Social Security Office for this question.
372067
They do that, and probably get nice pensions after their retirements.  Or they were rich from the start...look at Bush...the dad...oil tycoon.
160699
Most people have been scared off of this half-baked ideas for various reasons.\n\nFirst, alot of people feel very uncomfortable giving the cornerstone of their retirement to the same people who stole the retirement accounts at Enron, Worldcom, etc.\n\nSecond, there were too many foolish promises made by the President, who said people could be as reckless as they wanted and still have some minimum guaranteed amount at retirement.\n\nMy personal feeling, however, is that the government has grown too addicted to skimming off of the Social Security collections in order to hide how much in debt we truly are. The government currently works with two sets of figures, the debt amount we admit to and the total debt we really owe which is much scarier.
558108
Please talk to your 401K/IRA administator.  The rules are complex and you shouldn't trust the information you get from a bunch of strangers on the internet.  Good luck!
396317
First of all, I don't think the govt. will pay any monies to its citizens, due to the welfare issue......Trust me, they will find other ways to spend that saved monies.....But you make a great point, MANY MANY Americans move retire to Mexico every year, due to the lower cost of living....I find that hypocritical.....I mean its bad when illegals come here for a better life, but its ok when Americans retire overthere because of the lower cost of living....
485790
When are left wing bleeding heart liberals going to realize that a minimum wage job is an entry level job, its not made for people wanting to make a retirement plan out of the stupid thing, its a START! What do you not get about that???? If you don't like the job you do, in your off time you look for other, higher paying jobs! Ignorant libturds trying to make sure some people retire from the Mcdonalds counter.......dumb a-s-s's
169404
NO they can not 401K is YOUR money to take any of it out requires a authorization from you and you alone.
564341
washington takes from social security because they can. there isn't one thing that anybody can do about it . once social security disappears, then they will quit stealing from it...
220714
we need to limit spending to bare minimums askall federal employees in these tough times totake a temporary pay cut till we balance the budget and get things under control .--like they do with airlines and auto manufactureres union members take pay cut in order that the company can make it thru hard times all federal and state employees should have to give back a little in tuff times .after all its the working man who pays the taxes and dont give me that crap about big co.paying taxes they just collect it from working people in inflated prises. its time 1/3 of this country ease up a bit on what there getting i doubt many government workers are without health care our retirement 20 yrs and 80% retirement then go work for a government contractor. still on the government payroll and good pay and more retirement.the backs of the workers in america cant afford this much longer.--so i suggest some pay cuts and reduced benifits the government is not the place to work and get rich its a place to serve.its a start local taxes pay for all services localy. no federal matching funds or grants to cover bad government by local communittys federal highways only and military  all other programs paid with income tax ended make it optional to pay additional taxes for nasa or cancer research all the places tax dollars go  we need to cut government to the bone.most congressmen are rich no salaries for life or benifits   in and out with a check like  a painter or carpenter would do   --when the job is over so is the money find more work .as some one who works for a living i am ticked off at the benifits we have to pay to people in pulic service lets put service back in it and take the self service out of it .
90530
Thats probably cutting it close, however if you can pull it off, then you aren't too old.  Id say retirement age is definitely too old.