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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Amy J who wrote (213571)	12/18/2004 10:15:46 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575619

Yes there is. Everyone who writes any articles about social security estimate that you earn anywhere from 2 to 2.6% on your money that you contribute to social security. However, after inflation of around 3%, it's a negative real rate of return of -1%. Most economists will tell you to expect a return of 7-8% over the next couple of decades. After inflation, that's a real rate of return of 4-5%. Then take out 1.5% for mutual fund fees and you're down to 2.5-3.5%. Still much better than what you are currently earning with the gov't.