You know, you can see all these television commercials telling you, you know, save for retirement.

You know, you can see Fidelity and all of these different television ads running during NFL games.

Well, saving for retirement is impossible and I wish they would stop lying to people because data shows

that most Americans are ill-prepared for retirement and they're being fed a steady stream of

propaganda from these banks and going on television and pushing this.

Bankrate.com reports that 56% of Americans feel behind on saving for their retirement

years. So instead of dreaming of their retirement plans, many are left wondering if they'll

be able to retire at all. The idea of a cushy retirement has become more of a pipe dream

than a real possibility for most Americans, but also the idea of living off of a pile of cash, it's predicated on an entirely false premise that they've been selling you for many, many years since like your teenage years, frankly.

In the survey, Bankrate asked respondents how much money they would need to retire comfortably.

A majority plainly answered that they don't know.

10% of respondents answered with $150,000 or less. And when you compare that of

a hundred and fifty thousand dollars or less. And when you compare that with the average 401k

balance of a hundred and twelve thousand at retirement,

it's clear that something is a miss. There's a huge huge mismatch between what's needed for

a comfortable retirement and what people are actually able to save and here's why.

Saving isn't the answer. You can't save your way to wealth,

especially in this inflationary time.

There's no real education around finances

in the United States, so a lot of folks just

don't know any better. And the way that the Rockefeller's structured the work

environment, of course, in the United States is for you to be a worker, not an

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