Of course it's their decisions that destines them to this fate.

Neither of my parents who are still alive in their mid 90's had a degree but yet they had the discipline to save from the start in 1942 when they married. Slow and steady wins the race in this wealth accumulation game as my parents should be the poster children for good planning.

In response to this post by CPRVHokie

Posted: 03/30/2018 at 2:46PM

Seems like these kids have it all figured out... -- No1Hokie 03/30/2018 1:36PM

National Debt hits 30 trillion, 40 trillion, how much you worth then? -- FrederickHokie 03/30/2018 6:56PM

See this post about baby boomers who lived during a huge market boom. -- CochraneResident 03/30/2018 5:56PM

They also went through 3 major crashes in the past 30 years ** -- 133743Hokie 03/31/2018 08:42AM

Hahaha. Talk trash about young millenials, then excuses from the Boomers. -- CochraneResident 03/31/2018 09:09AM

You don’t understand this issue -- WestyHokie 03/31/2018 09:51AM

Fully understand the issue. The majority of the kids you are talking about -- CochraneResident 03/31/2018 10:57AM

I would take your arrogant bet, and i'm a 60 year old boomer -- 133743Hokie 03/31/2018 4:27PM

The most important thing is to start, and they haven’t -- WestyHokie 03/30/2018 4:15PM

Everybody has a plan till they get punched in the Mouth. Hard to ever make -- DonHo-kieHi 03/30/2018 3:16PM

I read the article and they’re reasons are all perfectly legitimate. -- CPRVHokie 03/30/2018 2:32PM

I concur. I was poor when I was fresh out of Blacksburg with Marketing -- grill to chill 03/30/2018 3:22PM

100% agree. ** -- CPRVHokie 03/30/2018 3:24PM

I weep for the future ** -- vt90 03/30/2018 2:21PM

Lots of older people have no savings ** -- hokeyhokie 03/30/2018 2:07PM

Who's fault is that? Decisions have consequences. ** -- grill to chill 03/30/2018 2:13PM

Don't know. Where's the article where 50 yr olds explain why -- hokeyhokie 03/30/2018 2:58PM

Those are usually stated as statistics ** -- WestyHokie 03/30/2018 4:16PM

Most of the time it isn’t theirs. Working paycheck to paycheck is a bitch. ** -- CPRVHokie 03/30/2018 2:29PM

Of course it's their decisions that destines them to this fate. -- grill to chill 03/30/2018 2:46PM

So, they had no student debt to repay. Did they start their own business? ** -- CPRVHokie 03/30/2018 2:54PM

He worked for GE in Lynchburg and Mom worked for JC Penneys ** -- grill to chill 03/30/2018 3:09PM

No student debt, worked for stable employers, low-cost town, no -- CPRVHokie 03/30/2018 3:20PM

Are they collecting on pensions, or relying on their own 401k? -- Hokie360 03/30/2018 3:18PM

They never had a mortgage or any debt :) ** -- grill to chill 03/30/2018 3:25PM

I wish them good luck. Maybe SS will still be around when they retire? ** -- EDGEMAN 03/30/2018 1:51PM

As long as they're paying into it when I'm collecting..... ** -- Hokie360 03/30/2018 2:08PM

They need to start listening to Clark Howard -- EDGEMAN 03/30/2018 1:58PM

Of course it's their decisions that destines them to this fate.

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