I felt that I should never count on a pensions. After all, who says it is going to be around in 30 or 40 years.
Likewise, I didn't think that I would see a nickel out of social security. Just another one of those taxes.
Grew some brains and figured I should try put away some money in the 401k. Tough to do when paying bills and raising a family.
Fast Forward about 20-25 years-
Had an opportunity to start a second career path. Retired with decent pension, great social security earnings, medical plan in retirement.
I probably should have listened to all of those folks that said it was stupid to think that pension and health benefits would be there. Maybe I should have jumped ship to the hot new startup that had more cash but crappy benefits?
Oh well, here I sit with income sources that lock me into paying a lot of taxes for as many years as I am around. I guess we all have our own problems to deal with.
(As much as it grates upon folks here to pay taxes, I guess I don't see a lot of downside.)