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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 09:55 AM Original message |
Everyone talking about 401Ks going in the toilet... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. the problem is they are PART of a pension |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. But it used to be that you got a set pension regardless what the market did. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. In essensce I agree with you, but that won't happen for at lesat |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Right, and pensions have tried to compensate |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I know just sugested to delegation that hedge funds |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Not to mention that pension funds are a pretty good slice of state budgets |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
7. IIRC...some companies actually went bankrupt |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. this is also why Social Security should NEVER be with |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Exactly. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Actually truth be told |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. Pensions from employers will be lost as well - most often in stocks and employers are in trouble |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. There was a switch from "defined benefits" to what is now known as "defined contributions" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Some employees of the City of San Diego may get screwed on their pension deal |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
11. Pensions have at times gone down the tubes too |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
13. Do people pay into pension plans as well? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
14. Where do you think all that money to inflate the stock market came from? |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
15. My wife thinks we are going to get a pension, as I watch the market free fall |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. I Agree with the Sentiment |
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