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Article: Planning: the Next Stage: THE BOTTOM LINE: For many boomers, there are two pressing questions: When can I retire, and how do I pay those stiff tuition bills?(CAPITAL GAINS)(Special Report)(Brief Article)
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- Newsweek
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- April 3, 2000
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Fif--, uhn, fift--, arghhh! Here's another f word I can't say. As for the next higher number, forget it. The older I get, the more I learn to love denial. The first boomer babies are now halfway through their sixth decade of life. Yet aren't you really, in your hearts, just 32?
Questions about retiring early lie thick on the ground. But for boomers with children, so do tuition bills. Even with a fat 401(k) in hand, you have to wonder if you're going to have enough.
In real life, we're actually growing more inclined to stay at work, says Joseph Quinn, economics professor at Boston College and fellow of the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) in ...