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pension lost Hi, He got a payout... but they taxed it as regular income which cost us 28% of it! Plus the state tax on it on top of that... It was a pittance - about 15% of what is should have been, minus the taxes... barely worth the time... but hey, its something...meanwhile, we are a lot...

hakuna....I'm new in this area but my husband and I are in near the same boat...but he has lost his company's pension... they just eliminated it...so we don't know how much is enough either. good news for us is that all three of our boys will be done with college in a year. Youngest is...