Unfortunate that when you pull that money out, it increases the amount of no tax on social security that you have to pay. If you're in the 10% marginal bracket, the net effect is what you pull out is taxed at 22%, unless you're under the no tax on social security 0% threshold (unlikely), or already paying 85% of no tax on social security (possible but somewhat unlikely if you're in the 10% marginal bracket).only when you remove any money from the Traditional IRA is it taxed.
EXACTLY, Very Smart IMO. My father use to say, this is your money, it better serves you when you are young, not old like me...Yep. Roth makes way more sense. Gives you a chance at recovering what you paid in tax for the initial withdrawal because no tax liability on earnings
Yes also we’re starting this year on gifting my daughter and her nieces.
I figure if we allocate 25-30% (or up to the max $19k each) of our interest/dividend earnings each year to them at say Christmas, we’re still growing our pile and remember we’re not touching the pile to live on anyway, So why not?
Slow down. I dont see nor did I assume an implication that those wealthy folks were "stealing" it from the poor.
I'm all in favor of folks getting rich. I'm pro-wealth and pro business. Certainly not interested in more communist style laws.
Its simply pointing out that the economy, and to some degree government policy, by any measure has benefited the wealthy to a far greater degree than the bottom 90-95% and accelerated Big time since the 2020 scamdemic
One small example that it continues to
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