Imagine writing a $200,000 check to the IRS to convert to a Roth.

And then five years later, Congress says, hey, wait a second.

Actually, we've decided Roth IRAs will now be taxed.

Would you feel betrayed?

Today, we're answering one of the most emotionally charged questions we get.

Can the government change the taxation of your Roth IRA in the future?

And more importantly, should that fear stop you from converting?

Hey, this is Casey Weed and welcome to the podcast, where does my mission to deliver clarity and purpose and elevate meaning in your life.

In order to do that, we bring you world-class conversations with world-class guests month in and month out on a variety of different topics.

And then every Friday, we get together in short form to have a conversation with either our certified retirement coach and financial

advisor Les McDaniel on the non-financial aspects of this major life transition. If you're

looking for those, just look for those episodes titled Freedom After 50. But if you're a numbers guy,

like me and my good friend Marshall Johnson, also a certified financial planner practitioner,

then join us for the By the Numbers episodes that we bring you every Friday in between

those non-financial episodes and look for those episodes titled By the Numbers. We typically

talk about more trending topics in the

numbers-driven space that can impact you in retirement. We also bring you articles that we like to

cover in-depth on these Fridays quite often and are emailed out to you every single Friday

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email along with summaries, takeaways for myself in those articles and a free digital copy

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to 888-59-4491. Today we are asking and answering a very important question, Marshall. Today we're talking about

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