Throughout this whole ordeal, I've balanced the axioms "trust the plan" and 'the end won't be for everyone" to assuage any personal discomfort I've had. I do believe and ascribe to WWG1WGA, but I'm responsible to a few people other than myself. I would have a hard time imagining a plan where retirees are left destitute when the cabal banking system is toppled. It's not quite as bad for the people who are currently working and pulling down an income, so long as their jobs aren't affected. But what about those who are retired or living on fixed-income? There has to be a shadow banking system in place that would replace the pyramid. I've always assumed that the phrase "the end won't be for everyone" to mean that some would die from the vaccines, or low-level collaborators would not enjoy the new system. I'd love to hear the thoughts of fellow pedes. I don't see the elderly starving as part of the plan, and not everyone can replace all of their invested wealth with precious minerals or commodities.
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The problem with the system is that is discourages personal accountability. The most punished people are usually the people not voting for these policies.
For context, I’m 42 and I figure that collectively my wife and I have paid about $1.1 million in income tax to date. On top of that I get hosed on sales tax, EI, CPP, property tax, etc, etc. Also, everything I buy is hyper inflated due to the tax and regulation that burdens the producers here. For just the income tax, basic investing could have turned that into over $2.5 M. We could be financially independent with potentially another 20 years of high-earning work to come.
Instead we’re barely saving anything and I’m stocking up basic supplies for an inevitable crash. I have my house 60% paid off but that won’t count for anything if things crash and it loses half of its value over night. A lot of this will come down to timing.
I look at someone who is retired and I can’t imagine what’s been taken from them over their lifetime. I’m surprised people are able to retire at all, but maybe you can do it if you got and paid off a house when it was cheaper. I guess my point is there probably aren’t a lot of what you’d term retirement “leeches”… more just a case of people that were screwed by the system for 60 years.