Can you envision sitting in a rocking chair and having an” idle” lifestyle or time. When one reaches the age of 55, it is time to consider retirement planning. Determining a future lifestyle change means making plans or preparation for this life adjustment. A little time used for retirement planning can make a huge difference later and should not be put off. Retirement is a strategy for the life in the future and the dream for many. Retirement begins with reviewing the financial assets and understand what withdrawing from work means and the impact to family and friends. The State of North Carolina’s State employee’s retirement plan has lost it punch and many people will not be able to endure if retirement is selected. …show more content…
A person should determine what percent of money will be needed to maintain their income currently receiving. The State of North Carolina has not given their employees a decent salary increase in years while the cost of living continues to increase. The legislative decisions will also impact the funding of the State pension plan. Work pensions are less common today because the younger generation do not value retirement and saving. State legislative should fight more to support the employee’s retirement funds and investments. Going from working to non-working status will be tough for many retirees. As a long time state employee transitioning into retirement is a big challenge. If the NC State retirement system could provide additional seminars and effective counseling, it would help with this transition. Due to the lifestyles or pride of many retirees, some things will not be included in their everyday living preference, adjusting to a fixed income and downsizing their homes. No matter what the strategy for transitioning into retirement, there must be a strong financial income or enough funds to live during retirement comfortably. Change is hard at any age, but life style and transitioning into something new could be devastating. Insurance coverage or change will have a huge impact on retirees if their health is not good. Family and friends are an impact to
My middle adulthood plans are determined by how these plans are able to affect even later life stages but also maintain a healthy current state. In the current state of middle adulthood, I will pursue my career in the medical field; with this intention, I will have new expenses to pay such as food, shelter, and clothing for me and my family, property and other bills, health insurance, and transportation costs. Regarding future thinking, maintaining a budget and utilizing a savings account is critical to retirement plans as this will make the most out of investments and my monetary state (Jesse Campbell, 2015, p.
Hello to all those that want to retire one day. I would congratulate you, but at this very moment, one of most important government systems has a major problem. Today our country is stricken with a depleting social security fund, one that is predicted to run out in less than 20 years. In the past, every politician and leader has tried to push this widely underrated issue to next in line but ultimately causing more havoc on all of us. Throughout our country, many are unaware of the circumstances that will come from this catastrophe. Although I am still very young, one day I hope to enter the workforce and eventually retire, hopefully receiving the same benefits that those before me have received. Of course, I’m talking about Social Security, the federal insurance program that provides benefits to retired people and those who are unemployed or disabled. But as of now, this looks doubtful due to the already overwhelming amount of people who receive Social Security that is causing the system to divulge into its trust fund. The present Social Security issue is not one that an individual can change by him or herself but rather if we all work together and go to our legislators we will be able to solve this epidemic.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the creation of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan and to argue that it is a necessary and potentially effective way to ensure that workers in the private sector in Ontario will be able to retire and live comfortably. This conclusion is not made lightly as it is import to view any broadening of government influence through the most critical of lenses. However, there is an increasing need for Ontarians to save for retirement and it is becoming more and more apparent that private pension plans will not be able to meet the needs of most people. This is because too few people have private pensions and the once that do exist sit on volatile ground.
For this paper, two separate interviews were conducted with two retirees. One, M.Q., is a 66 year-old white woman who lives in a beach area. The other was JH, a 78 year-old African-American man who lives in a very rural area. Both interviews were conducted over the phone, as M.Q. is recuperating from a bilateral knee replacement and JH lives several states away. These two were chosen because they are complete opposites. While both currently live in the Southern United States, M.Q. was raised north of the Mason-Dixon line, while JH has lived south of the Mason-Dixon line his entire life. The only similarity they share is that they are retirees living on the East Coast. Because they are complete opposites, interviewing the two of them as opposed to a married couple, two sisters, or something of the like, I was able to get a more complete picture of what it means to be retired. This gave me more information, and a better idea of what I needed to look for in the articles I used.
The majority of people age 65 or older in the United States are still working in full time positions. This opens the question if they planned for retirement, or what if anything went wrong while working? How do they feel about still having to work? Have they taken proper steps in preparing for retirement? Are they only working to pass time? These are the questions that everyone should be asking themselves about their own retirement plans, and what they have done to financially prepare for that stage in their life.
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The discussion in regards to the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan can be one with much debate. Some would argue that what they would receive will not be enough in their savings to live off of, paired with ORPP. 1 Employees between the ages of 18 and 70, with the amendment from 18 to 19, are expected to make a contribution towards ORPP, but are only able to begin collecting their benefits once they have reached the age of 65. 2 The Canadian Ministry of Finance has conducted studies on ORPP, where it has been proven that ORPP is not enough to live off of, besides savings that have been accumulated over the years. While the ORPP is not a tax, the funds that are collected and further invested will be exclusively used for member 's
Envision feeling cold, starved, petrified, and alone, just getting home to find an eviction notice, perhaps a letter of foreclosure hanging from the door. As the room goes grey and begins to spin, four words begin to echo in the background, “Is this really happening?” All resources are exhausted and Social Security proves ineffective. Fear has taken over. Thoughts of life in a shelter cloud the room. The bills are piling high, as bank accounts begin to dwindle. Unfortunately, this is the harsh certainty of many people in the aging community. Retirement is a critical life event that everyone has to undergo, through being unprepared, many fall victim to poverty in old age. Individuals should utilize Individual Retirement Accounts,
1. One of the best benefits of serving in the military is the pension after 20 years of service. The Department of Defense is implementing the Blended Retirement System (BRS) to replace the current High Three retirement system January 1, 2018 for eligible service members. The DOD should provide a better education of the benefits of the BRS for Active Duty and Reserve Components to allow its members to make informed decisions about their future.
Retirement and Social Security issues have become local, national, and international concerns that will also affect each of us on a personal level. Social Security benefits began in 1935 when the depression hit and put many elderly people out of work (http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov). Social Security has been around for over 70 years providing a dependable monthly income with automatic increases as the cost of living increased. The Social Security Administration reports that workers need 70-80 percent of pre-retirement income once retired and Social Security only provides about 40 percent (www.ssa.gov). The depletion of funds is becoming a great concern and is also getting worse with each generation.
America is facing a previously unknown challenge. By the years 2030 the number of people reaching retirement will have doubled, this will account for an increase from 12 percent to almost 20 percent of the United States population. By 2050 the number of Americans who are over the age of 85 and make up the highest amount of chronic illness, poverty, and need for assistance with activities of daily living, will quadruple to 19 million. (CSWE.org)
The objective of a RRSP is to provide individuals with an account which they may
As adults enter the stage of later adulthood, many changes will begin to develop for each person. The aging process includes transitioning from work life to retirement, changes to roles, social positions, social policies, determining living accommodations with healthcare needs, and relationships with families and peers. The stage known as the golden years comes with great challenges while adjusting to the many changes in a person’s life. (Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2010). Transition from work to retirement
There is always talk about the problems of North Carolina’s economy, and these problems then become publicized and put throughout the media, informing people on the condition of their state’s economy. A popular topic lately is the state’s minimum wage, and whether it should be raised or if we should keep the current minimum wage. Usually, opinions vary on what to do about minimum wage, however there certainly seems to be a larger group of people going for the raise in minimum wage, more than “three quarters” of the population (as of 2013). .Recently, the lower class has begun to grow substantially larger, and although raising the minimum wage would certainly help many lower class
We all are currently aging. We live in an again paradox. But, it is what we choose to do with our time while we have it that counts the most. As a young adult, and before this class I was very unaware of the importance of planning your retirement as early as possible. There are many things that go into planning for a successful retirement. Such as, but not limited to: Where will I choose to live? What will I do to stay mentally active? Or even, when will I choose to retire. In this paper, I will go over a plethora of aspects for my personal plan for aging.