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It's really simple. The country needs more revenue. This is a potential revenue stream.
How do you feel about the government touching your private retirement account known as your 401k in order to "pay down the deficit?" Not so good? Already feel like the government has stolen your retirement through Social Security? Well get ready because taxing the 401k is floating around as an idea while the fiscal cliff talks on Capitol Hill continue.
One of the earliest fears about tax-favored savings accounts like IRAs and 401(k) plans was that when this pool of savings grew large enough Congress would not be able to resist tapping it to help solve the...
Then do what Reagan did. Cut taxes and get the government off peoples backs. But don't let Congress go on a spending spree like Tip O'Neil and the dems did.