Originally Posted by onwebcam

US Departments of Labor and Treasury Schedule Hearing on Confiscation of Private Retirement Accounts

"I don?t like speaking in tabloid-style terms, but the unstated agenda of these hearings, as I understand it, is to push for the US government to eventually nationalize (confiscate) all assets in private Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and 401K plans!

"The US government is desperate to get its hands on private assets to help cover soaring budget deficits and debts, and this is simply the largest and easiest piggy bank that could be seized. The Investment Company Institute estimates that at the end of 2008 that there were $3.613 trillion of assets in IRAs and $2.350 trillion of assets in 401K plans."



The US government plan is to eventually take ownership of all assets in IRAs and 401K accounts and replace them with US government ?Treasury Retirement Bonds.? In the October 2008 hearings, it was proposed that these bonds pay a 3% interest rate. Another major change is that, upon retirement, the individual?s retirement account would be converted into an annuity. Once the individual is deceased, the individual?s heirs would not inherit anything (similar to what happens now with Social Security ?accounts?)."

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