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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Working life is more like 40 years. Those back end years are huge, it goes up to 840k. Which is why you're supposed to start on your 401k right away. Of course 99% of people don't get this talk until they're 40; go through a poverty period after high school; or never make it out of paycheck to paycheck living for other reasons. (Like medical debt)

Very few people get the good pay, good contributions, and consequently the good retirement. We also completely lie to people about retirement. We tell them they have to scrimp and save so they aren't homeless when they're 80. In reality half of us will be dead by 75 and half again by 85.