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Tue Jan 27, 2015, 07:41 PM

Jan 2015

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So few of us are saving $$. What future is there for us? [View all] Bonobo Jan 2015 OP

I too am interested. lovemydog Jan 2015 #1

Its breaking down olddots Jan 2015 #3

Ronald Reagan forced Japan to impose a 20% tax on all savings interest, Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #4

Wuh? I didn't know my savings interest was being taxed! Bonobo Jan 2015 #5

Check it out next time you go into a bank Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #6

Here's an explanation of the 20% savings interest tax Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #8

Well, that was completely clear! ;) n/t Adrahil Jan 2015 #10

Translation: Art_from_Ark Jan 2015 #13

Thanks! Like most Americans, I'm useless if it's not in English.... Adrahil Jan 2015 #15

Thanks, even my wife did not know about it! nt Bonobo Jan 2015 #12

I have saved what used to be considered a nice pile of money historian Jan 2015 #9

Let's face it... Bonobo Jan 2015 #16

Or discarded because you're over 50 LiberalEsto Jan 2015 #25

Or you can follow the advice of a Turkish (Communist) poet. (His biography KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #19

wonderful poetry nt LiberalEsto Jan 2015 #26

+1 Blue_Tires Jan 2015 #28

You have to have money in the present to save for the future. Octafish Jan 2015 #17

For your reading pleasure (and further consideration): KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #18

Over time, I've become VERY pessimistic about the future. closeupready Jan 2015 #20

I've been saving for retirement since I was in my teens Ms. Toad Jan 2015 #22

For the same reasons, the dollar is doomed. Orsino Jan 2015 #24

By now, everyone has seen this graph: Maedhros Jan 2015 #27