If you plan to use your pension when you retire, you can be a big shock. Like the people who were told that the government should not Social Security taxes, a surprise. But why?
Pensions Forecast are – generally – in two flavors. Funded and unfunded. This is a “pay as you go” that looks and feels very similar to social security. Current retirees are paid out of current staff.
Assume an unfunded pension when individuals retire, there will be sufficient future income to cover all commitments pledged. These projections are a confidence game – a “trust me” scenario – if you want. What if the city of future earnings are not sufficient to cover pension promises? They do not.
Moving on … many private companies have the same problem.
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