Why Its Pointless To Argue With Global Warming Believers 2054
You're either misremembering what you got paid, or the agency you worked for decided to screw you over. Either way, your personal circumstances are really not relevant to the discussion we're having.
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Speak for yourself. My variable interest rate savings account is currently paying me 4.65%.
The bulk of one's retirement savings should not be stuffed away in a savings account. And one should actually *have* retirement savings, rather than just relying on a fixed income from things like pensions.
Yes, if you plan for retirement without taking inflation into account, you could get into some trouble. There's a pretty simple solution, though: don't do that.
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ZnU And which bank is that and how do you get it? But 4.65 or even 5% won't take into account the inflated gas prices if you own a car. Don't forget...
The others that you got your information from have an agenda, and pick and choose what information they report very selectively. Anyone who tells you your buying power has decreased because you can't afford as much gold (which, as I've shown, isn't even correct), and completely ignores more meaningful measures of buying power like the consumer price index, is not really someone you should be paying much attention to.
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