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Rich Dad Radio Show: In-Your-Face Advice on Investing, Personal Finance, & Starting a Business

The Retirement Crisis No One Is Prepared For

Rich Dad Radio Show: In-Your-Face Advice on Investing, Personal Finance, & Starting a Business

The Rich Dad Company

Investing, Business

4.14K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Millions of Americans believe their pensions and retirement plans are secure—but the truth is far more alarming. In this explosive interview, Robert Kiyosaki and Ted Siedle, the nation's leading pension forensics expert and co-author of "Who Stole My Pension?", expose how decades of mismanagement, Wall Street corruption, political kickbacks, and hidden fees have pushed America into a full-blown retirement crisis.

You'll learn why public pensions are more underfunded than ever, how pension boards invest recklessly with little oversight, and why retirees are discovering—too late—that the money they were promised simply isn't there. Ted reveals how millions are being kept in the dark, why pension reports can't be trusted, and how ordinary workers are paying the price for financial decisions they never approved.

Whether you're a retiree, a public employee, a business owner, or someone relying on a 401(k), this episode is a wake-up call. Your financial future may depend on understanding the systemic risks that threaten retirement savings—and what you can do before it's too late.

00:00 Introduction
01:13 The Shift from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution
05:08 The CalPERS Investigation
08:54 The Role of Politics in Pension Mismanagement
22:41 The NEA and Teacher Pensions
25:26 Advice for Those Facing Pension Loss
30:02 Conclusion: The Importance of Financial Education

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0:00.0

This is the Rich Dad Radio Show, the good news and bad news about money.

0:07.0

Here's Robert Kiyosaki.

0:08.8

Hello, Robert Kiyosaki, the Rich Dad Radio Show.

0:11.3

I'm broadcasting from Phoenix, Arizona, where's either heaven or hell, and right now is heaven.

0:16.9

It's why people live here.

0:19.9

Anyway, we have a very important show,

0:21.6

all of shows are important,

0:24.6

but this is especially important

0:26.6

if you have a family member who is a boomer,

0:29.6

baby boomer.

0:31.6

And I forgot the years they were born between,

0:33.6

but there's millions of them.

0:35.6

And especially so if they have a pension. And the reason

0:40.1

this is important is when I was getting out of the Marine Corps in 1974, they had a thing called

0:48.5

ERISA, Employee, Retirement, Income, Security Act.

0:54.2

And any time the government says our act

0:56.7

is to protect your income, bend over and don't pick up the soap,

1:01.5

you know what I mean?

1:02.0

Because they're gonna get you.

1:05.0

So my generation in 1974 was the first generation

1:10.0

without what they call defined benefit pension.

1:14.3

Define benefit means you're guaranteed a pension no matter what.

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