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In reply to the discussion: Elizabeth Warren pushes back on plan to get private equity into 401(k)s [View all]

GiqueCee

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7. Private Equity...
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:49 PM
Jul 12

... borrowed its business model from the Mafia. NO ONE with the brains God gave a goose should let those malevolent fucks anywhere near their 401(k)s, or any other financial instrument one might rely on for retirement; they will rob you blind, because THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.
Avoid them like the fucking plague. There is NO goodness or decency in them. None. Better you kiss a cobra; you'll have a better chance of surviving that error in judgement.

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Elizabeth Warren pushes back on plan to get private equity into 401(k)s [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 12 OP
Don't think Private Equity is worth risk. But if people voluntarily invest their own money in it, I'm OK. Silent Type Jul 12 #1
it'd be tremendously beneficial for people to be able to disconnect from 401k/IRA middlemen cadoman Jul 12 #2
Private Equity firms do business by buying off going concerns, then stripping them of assets and selling them off. ancianita Jul 12 #3
As long as it is only an option and not forced mdbl Jul 12 #4
I hear you. Fair enough as far as it goes. ancianita Jul 12 #5
I agree. mdbl Jul 12 #6
DON'T be sorry... GiqueCee Jul 12 #8
Next up will be Social Security..... Bengus81 Jul 12 #9
Then it can only be stolen from SS. As SS law is now, no one in the rethug party would dare make any change. ancianita Jul 12 #10
Private Equity... GiqueCee Jul 12 #7
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