Re: Additional tax on IRA!

Apr 25, 2007 1 Replies


What a shame. We complain about Americans not saving enough,


> yet we get taxed when we want to save more...

Find a job that doesn't offer employees a tax deferred 401 or any other retirement plan. Then you can put money into an IRA and take a deduction. Alternatively, you can keep your current job with its 401 and take any extra cash you have and save it (yes, I said save it) in a regular taxable account at any bank or in the stock market. Frankly, I am becoming somewhat radicalized by people who complain that the relatively generous tax breaks they get aren't good enough and that they should get more, more, more. Or maybe I just haven't had enough coffee yet this morning.


Moderator: Compared to European tax schemes, U.S. citizens are either under-taxed or over-serviced.



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I beg to differ.

- Europeans may pay a lot more in taxes, but they usually have free medical care and free college education.

- They have inexpensive public transportation.

- They have 4+ weeks of vacation benefit.

- They have decent retirement incomes.

I have collegues in Finland, France and Britain. Unless they are super scientists, engineers etc. who can make handsome incomes in hightech companies, after a stint here in the US most prefer to go back. As for my taxes: I paid approximately 28% of my income in taxes last year. Yet I cannot afford to buy a home.

Yet I am concerned about my retirement, because my savings

30 years after graduating from college is only 7 times my current annual salary. The statistics say I am expected to live 30 more years on that. That is, only on 23% of my current salary, while my healthcare expenses will keep climbing up. Deguza

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