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57 minutes ago, 02sled said:

Still wrong again Fail... oh so very wrong. Maybe in the elite privileged world of government that is nothing close to the rest of the world that would be the case. Out of my annual salary the company deducted 7% of that salary as MY contribution to the DB pension plan. The company as an employment benefit contributed 4% of my salary to that plan. I would have much rather had the option of putting that 11% of salary into my own investment plan and watching it grow. Don't forget that those company contributions are part of the employee compensation bottom line. Not any different really than the $'s I earned except I can't access it as I choose.

Now in your case you will get a much higher % of income and much better pension than those in the real world could ever dream of and of course you never have to be concerned about your pension plan being underfunded since if it is the government is on the hook for the shortfall and all they need to do is raise taxes and go into debt.

If a private business pension plan is underfunded and the business goes out of business that monthly payment is in jeopardy and could be significantly reduced. Just look at the people who worked for Nortel and the REDUCED pensions they receive.

Actually mine keeps going up to cover shortfalls while employers doesn't but I guess you know more than I do about my pay.  12% is what I pay

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1 hour ago, 1trailmaker said:

oh really,  being a business owner like you claim you wouldn't have a pension.  I think my suspicions were correct.

It's called an rrsp, and it's done great.  It will still outgrow redemptions even in retirement.  :bc:

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8 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

It's called an rrsp, and it's done great.  It will still outgrow redemptions even in retirement.  :bc:

Wouldnt it be better to put cash under your bed if you were your own boss? At least you could spend it when you wanted and not take a hit.

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3 minutes ago, Dave said:

Wouldnt it be better to put cash under your bed if you were your own boss? At least you could spend it when you wanted and not take a hit.

Who is gonna pay me cash.  My smallest customer does about a billion in sales a year.  Given if I could it would be in American maybe I can bring that across.

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Just now, ArcticCrusher said:

Who is gonna pay me cash.  My smallest customer does about a billion in sales a year.  Given if I could it would be in American maybe I can bring that across.

I was making a generalization....

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1 hour ago, 1trailmaker said:

I would think having both like your better half has, would be far better,  keep slipping you are not fooling anyone lol

Fail, 

 

I would have been happier to have a larger RRSP for her instead.   You can believe whatever you want.

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I think the tax payer needs protection from too big to fail.

 

"It's another example of mismanagement in corporate America where we're now expected as tax payers to bail them out.

They're capitalists when they make money. But they're socialists when they lose money."

Actor Tim Robins, commenting on a California commercial electric power crisis 

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57 minutes ago, Dave said:

Depends

 

Depends are a brand of adult diapers.

 

Its one of the tax deferral methods we have and rrsps are good if you end up in a lower tax bracket when in retirement.

Its good to be diversified.

Tax efficiency is a more important factor outside registered accounts.   A 10% capital gain would require a 15% interest gain to leave you with the same after tax.

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To limit tax liability we do pension income splitting and I also put a significant amount of money into a spousal RSP to balance out our retirement income keeping the income tax paid lower even though it was a deduction against my employment income.

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7 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

 

Depends are a brand of adult diapers.

 

Its one of the tax deferral methods we have and rrsps are good if you end up in a lower tax bracket when in retirement.

Its good to be diversified.

Tax efficiency is a more important factor outside registered accounts.   A 10% capital gain would require a 15% interest gain to leave you with the same after tax.

Cash is king....fuck rrsps.

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1 hour ago, sear said:

I think the tax payer needs protection from too big to fail.

 

 

very true but in this case this isn't a bail out or even close.  GM has had 5 quarters of record profit in a row.  This is more about keeping GM in Canada.  Having the software work done here is a great thing and produces quality office jobs

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56k given to gm per employee so canada can handle a few trucks final assembly that are shipped up from gm US truck plant over flow while the canadians go buy a crewcab that is shipped up from mexico cause that is the only place gm makes crewcabs....  Allthe while you pay significantly more for that truck then we do in the US.....  Gm=Dont feed the bears.....

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8 minutes ago, Dave said:

Cash is king....fuck rrsps.

 

Put $500K in your mattress and 20 years later it is still only $500K. Invest it wisely and 20 years later it may well have grown to $750K or more. You also get the tax deduction at a time when your earned income is at its' highest and can then reduce the tax you pay.

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Just now, 02sled said:

 

Put $500K in your mattress and 20 years later it is still only $500K. Invest it wisely and 20 years later it may well have grown to $750K or more.

Can you spend it all at once though without being penalized.....

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