Hey Radicals, welcome to the show.

This is Radical Personal Finance, the show dedicated to providing you with the knowledge, skills,

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Broadcasting to you today from a very rainy afternoon here in West Palm Beach Florida at the

Radical Personal Finance HQ.

And the question of the day comes in from Alan.

Alan writes in and says, Joshua,

what are your thoughts on using whole life insurance

as a college savings plan.

If you don't like it, why?

If you have an episode about this already,

let me know which episode number.

Alan, thanks for writing in with the question.

I do not have a separate standalone

episode on the topic of using whole life insurance to save for college but I do have

some thoughts on the subject. Now, quick preamble on the topic of whole life insurance. I am not a

partisan on this issue. I'm not not an extremist I don't go for the perspective that you

should never own or purchase whole life insurance nor do I go from the perspective that

whole life insurance is the latest

greatest thing and you should put all of your money from your checking account

savings account withdraw every single investment into a life insurance plan I

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