Can I Retire Now?
Jan. 11th, 2008 10:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisA quote fragment from an NPR program about college tuition: "A baby bust in the early 1990s means the number of high school seniors is about to decline."
Um, the 1990s were, like, yesterday, weren't they? How on earth can people born in 1990 be old enough for for college? They're barely done potty training!
Oy, I suddenly feel very, very old. Hmmm... "Hey, you kids! Keep off my lawn!" Yeah, that felt sadly normal: I must be old now. *sigh*
Um, the 1990s were, like, yesterday, weren't they? How on earth can people born in 1990 be old enough for for college? They're barely done potty training!
Oy, I suddenly feel very, very old. Hmmm... "Hey, you kids! Keep off my lawn!" Yeah, that felt sadly normal: I must be old now. *sigh*
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Date: 2008-01-11 08:12 pm (UTC)as to your titular question about retiring now, well, you could retire if you wanted to (once your benefits at your employer vest, that is); but the usual slogan is "freedom 55" or so, not "freedom 40".
I got my pension benefit statement from the university just before christmas, as per usual. I could take early retirement from this august institution 2009 07 01. That's less than 18months from now. Given the size of the resultant pension, I doubt that I will, but a scary thought nonetheless.
good luck keeping the kids off your lawn.