Initially, the boomers were the stimulus of economic expansion:•1950s -- parents buy new houses and cars, suburbs emerge, and America is King of Production•1960s -- more housing, more cars, college educations, Made in Japan = cheap, Vietnam, shaken values, Johnson's "War on Poverty"•1970's -- the Boomers emerge with jobs, are new consumers -- more housing, international manufacturing becomes more competitive, US corporations locate operations overseas•1980s -- Reagan tax cuts = increased discretionary spending, revenues up, social programs funded, Iron Curtain falls, technology enables global expansion•1990s -- peak Boomer earnings, corporate America dissolves pensions (funding liabilities, regulatory liabilities, increasing PBGIC premiums) and convince Boomers to "control" their retirement with self-directed 401(k)'s, Moore's Law at work in technology, the Internet becomes hostile to profits, emergence of private equity and venture capital on a large scale, increased financial engineering•2000s -- oops, where did the American Dream go?

She's stressed out that she's worried the bank will confiscate her retirement money because she's losing her home to foreclosure.Anyone ever crossed this bridge before and know what the legal scoop is regarding this?

Thus i see no need for me to reduce my price by 1% to accommodate this.If i had a dollar for ever REI who told me i needed their services to do deals id be retired...Show me your going to bring some skills to the table and id consider it.Good conversation, im very much enjoying everyone's response.

Teacher in Albany retires @ 59 after 37YRSFinal salary is $89,000 and will receive 70.5%of their final salary =$62,745.Also, will owe ZERO in state or local income taxes.Teacher in Yonkers retires @ 59 after 37 yrs WITH a masters degree=$110,000Will get 70% or $78,255What does a Military person with 37 years receive in retires today?

More smokes for you and your friends = more heart caths/angioplasties for me = more apartments and early retirement!

Fulltime/retired.

I am nearing retirement.

Kind of like a retirement account.

Most investors want nothing to do with such things.You will do better if you find an investor who has a legal background (retired or active lawyer comes to mind).

At a time when WE (the government) know that social security is broke and millions of baby boomers are retiring, the socialists on the left want universal health care, which has been a failure worldwide (except of course Cuba, which Michael Moore has proclaimed to be the wildly successful model we should follow :roll: ).