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TSP Smart: Unstainable

Millennials have a fraction of the wealth the boomers had at the same age.  College costs 10 times more today than when I went to college leading to college debt serfs.  Homes prices are up 500% since I graduated thanks mostly to suppressed interest rates creating home mortgage debt serfs.

Smart Bird: Fix It Rant

Social Security is a transfer tax from the current generation to the retired generation. It is a generational tax, not an investment account, so the rich in our generation should NOT get off the hook…