> -----Original Message----- > From: William Bowen [mailto:william.bo...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 3:12 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Well... that was depressing (Retirement Funds) > > > > Well... my company matches 4% as long as you contribute 3% so I've > left it > > at 3% (was doing 12% - and felt so damn responsible about it). > > mine grants 2% so that no one is without a 401(k) in the company. > Pretty decent of them. > > they'll match an additional 5% > > so I have 7% of my check going to my 401(k) and with their additional > 7% it's pretty nice. > > :-) > > for me, the pre-tax nature of the contribution means i get more bang > for the buck than if I funneled the taxed amount into my bank account.
If I had no other debt I'd agree... but at this point I'd rather see this money paying off increasingly high-interest credit cards than sitting there. Once that debt's paid off I'll up the contribution again... but more conservatively than before. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290948 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
