It seems that a lot of people responding to this article just want to be negative.  Obviously there can be advantages and disadvantages to moving overseas.  However, there are presumably millions of U.S. expats living very happily outside the U.S.  Whether any individual person or couple would be happy in any individua...more

Depends on what you are looking for in a retirement locale.  My wife and I would probably never consider living north of Tennessee or North Carolina.  We're southerners and like warm weather and small utility bills.  We're actually thinking about the area between Atlanta and Savannah (family in the Atlanta area), but a...more

There can be many advantages and disavantages with becoming an expat (moving overseas).  One needs to investigate (carefully) what life would be like in any particular country before buying property and moving.  I have been toying with the idea for a couple of years now.  Obviously, medical care, security/safety, and c...more

A couple of points to be made here.  One, what you need in retirement is largely determined by what kind of lifestyle that you want to have.  If you want to live frugally, then of course, you may not need a million dollars.  Second, if you retire at age 62, for example, then you could easily live to be 92 or older.  Co...more

Privatizing Social Security does not "GIVE YOUR MONEY TO WALL STREET".  You can choose to invest your money in ANY INVESTMENT VEHICLE THAT YOU LIKE!!!!  You could invest it in U.S. Gov't bond, treasuries, t-bills, t-notes, cash, foreign bonds, foreign stocks and a myriad of other investment vehicles.  Where do you peop...more

Hmmm, moving to Canada huh?  Uh, have you thought about how that is supposed to help you in any way?  Probably not, otherwise you'd understand the folly of your "threat?".  Social Security is just fine, but unfortunately it has gone back on many of it's promises or failed to achieve it's real objectives.  There are man...more

MP Dunleavey, my first attempt to post didn't work, so I'll try it again.  Congratulations and best wishes in your new endeavor(s).  It took courage, preserverance, and discipline to do what you've done for 9 years.  I'm not sure that the naysayers could have or would have done what you've accomplished.  It also took a...more

MP Dunleavey, very simply, I applaud you (for many reasons, some of which are obvious and some of which are subtle)!  Ignore the naysayers that respond with "nays" and "says"!  I would imagine that they are not so courageous and outspoken in person, but in virtual anonymity they can pretend to know more than anyone els...more

WSnWV, you are very naive.  Even the current administration admits that they are re-distributing wealth...they don't even pretend to try to hide it anymore....it's their mantra and they are proud of it.  You pour out data like you know something of which you speak.  I can't decide if you're just brainwashed or if you'r...more