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The Economic Policy Institute just released an incredibly persuasive article, written by Ross Eisenbrey, which gives 10 excellent reasons why the retirement age should not be raised.  This short article is a must read for anyone interested in countering the arguments made by the Budget Deficit Commission and their Wall Street backers, for why we [...]

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Former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson, who sits on the Obama created Budget Deficit Commission to steal your retirement, made a strange comment regarding Social Security and the American people being 310 million tits. In an email he sent to the executive director of National Older Women’s League, Ashley Carson Tuesday morning.  Alan Simpson wrote, “And [...]

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I am pleased to announce that both our website and retirement planning software package have been upgraded.  Now, instead of planning and software that helps you to retire early, you can choose when you want to retire. Early Retirement Website Early Retirement Planning Early Retirement Software How To Retire Early With this upgrade, you simply [...]

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A year ago I wrote an article, here on the Early Retirement Blog, predicting a double dip recession would begin in the second quarter of 2010.  Well, the second quarter just ended, and talk of a double dip recession is reaching a fever pitch. In this article, I am going to expand upon my double-dip [...]

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The Three Horsemen of Your Retirement Apocalypse House Minority Leader John Boehner, in an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, revealed a boner of an idea.   Americans need to delay their retirement until age 70 to pay for the war in Afghanistan. “Boehner had praise, however, for Obama’s troop surge in Afghanistan and stepped-up drone [...]

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America Speaks,   a Wall Street front group pretending to be a grassroots coalition, will be holding town hall meetings across America to engage concerned citizens on ways to balance the budget. What is America Speaks? America Speaks is a very slick and well organized PR effort,   designed to create the perception, that Americans [...]

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Two years ago, when gold was $800 an ounce, I wrote an article “Is Gold in Your Retirement Portfolio?“, here on the Early Retirement Blog. I mentioned that “Gold tends to perform well, when there are global political and financial crises, and retirement investors should consider including gold as part of their retirement portfolio.” Gold [...]

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Workers in France striking to defend their retirements (May 27, 2010) French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in an effort to reduce France’s budget deficit is  planning to raise the retirement age by 1-3 years from 60, and to extend the required pension contribution period.   He has said that pushing up the retirement age would be [...]

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As soon as the Dow dropped 1,000 points in 15 minutes last week, the financial headlines were written, screaming “Greek Debt Fears Cause U.S. Stock Market Crash.”   A few hours later, Greece was temporarily forgiven, when the mysterious “machines” got blamed. Two days later, the financial press is back to blaming Greece for a [...]

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After a two year investigation, the SEC has finally brought a case against Goldman Sachs, filing fraud charges against Goldman Sachs, for it’s role in the sub-prime mortgage collapse.   Why now? The timing certainly looks suspicious.   Happening three years after the meltdown in the housing market, and just when President Obama struggles to [...]

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