Have you ever thrown away money? Possibly on nothing? Yeah, me too. I've thrown away money on various food items, as I love to test taste them. I have thrown money into the stock market, only to have lost it the next day. I've spent too much money on water. I've spent too much money just by going out. I've even spent too much money on my ex-wife for the very purpose of keeping a civil friendship — and we don't even have any children together.

The fact is, for every dollar not saved for retirement, is a dollar not put away for your older self. How much could you really need during retirement? Well, your spending habits are unlikely to be that of a millionaires' lifestyle. What if you aren't putting a dollar away towards your retirement? For the most part, if you are working on the books, the government is putting some money away for you. Thank goodness for Mr. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and those who began drafting it years before him.

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