Green Retirement

Kurt Warner retired early from football.  No longer willing to take the beating he was getting on the job, Kurt Warner retired with one year left on his contract, giving up a reported $11 million.
Having accomplished much more in his career, than most NFL quarterbacks ever do, Kurt Warner decided to leave the game while […]

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In a matter of moments, the U.S. Senate will vote to re-confirm Ben Bernanke, for another term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve.   A monumental mistake by the Senate, that is yet one more example, of how Washington is in the pocket of Wall Street.
Back in September 2007 when the credit crisis began, I […]

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You should not retire in debt.  Why?  Financially, it is much better to retire your debt, than it is to retire in debt.  Retirement debt can dramatically reduce your retirement income.
Many Americans retire in debt, afraid of the impact getting rid of their debt, will have on their net worth.  Keeping your debt when you […]

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Victory!  The Budget Deficit Commission is Dead!  Democratic and Republican Senators afraid of being defeated this coming November by equally angry conservative and liberal voters, joined together in a bi-partisan effort to defeat Obama’s effort at robbing your retirements to pay down the deficit. Victory! 
Stop the Budget Deficit Commission! The Obama White House and Congress […]

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After months of “The Dollar is crashing!  The Dollar is crashing!” stories, the U.S. Treasury Dept. reports today that “foreigners” purchased a net record $114.5 billion of U.S. Treasuries in November 2009.  Reports of the Dollar’s death, as Mark Twain would say, have been greatly exaggerated.
What’s going on? The dollar was supposed to crash and […]

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A small number of U.S. Senators have announced their plans to retire over the past few weeks.  While the main stream media has made a semi-big deal out of a few retiring senators, and how it will effect the 2010 elections, the Green Retirement Blog has ignored the story - until today.
Retiring Senator Dodd, Democrat […]

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Harriet Harman, the U.K.’s Equality Minister, wants to scrap Britain’s mandatory retirement policy (age 65), due to the nation’s growing “wellderly” population.
Speaking at an Age U.K. conference, Harriet Harmon told the audience, “The change in the number of well older people demands a change in public policy. We have to understand that we now have […]

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Move Your Money is a populist movement spearheaded by Arianna Huffington co-founder of the HuffingtonPost Blog, as an effort to channel the growing anger and rage many Americans feel over bank bailouts and bank bonuses, into positive action by moving your money from large banks to small community banks and credit unions.
The movement has it’s […]

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A majority of American workers, 55% according to a survey released today, hate their jobs and think work sucks.  Only 45% of American workers are satisfied with their jobs, down from 61% in 1987, the first year The Conference Board conducted their Job Satisfaction Survey.
The drop in job satisfaction is felt by workers of all […]

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Whether it is getting out of debt, saving more money, losing weight, quitting smoking, or  retirement planning, Green Retirement can help you succeed in accomplishing your 2010 New Years Resolutions.
The reason that most people fail with their New Years Resolutions, is that most New Years Resolutions involve changing behaviors or habits, something humans naturally resist. […]

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