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<blockquote data-quote="olroadbeech" data-source="post: 3557158" data-attributes="member: 52145">You are right about this. Upsers get spoiled after awhile .It&#039;s important not to rely on the union or company or anybody to take care of you. Take care of yourself. Take the money you make and pay bills, take care of the family , and save and invest some for the future and rainy days. We slowly worked on contributing the max to the 401k and since my spouse could not work our income was such that we could contribute to IRA&#039;s also. Along with paying off the house early and doing the above , we were allowed to retire about 5 years earlier than most. Our pension only accounts for about 25% of our total retirement income.Don&#039;t fall into the trap that a lot of UPSers fall into. Thinking that the money will always be there so they buy too much house, buy too many toys and think that the company and union will take care of them.I&#039;m hoping for a good result also in these contract negotiations. No one wins in a strike.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="olroadbeech, post: 3557158, member: 52145"] You are right about this. Upsers get spoiled after awhile .It's important not to rely on the union or company or anybody to take care of you. Take care of yourself. Take the money you make and pay bills, take care of the family , and save and invest some for the future and rainy days. We slowly worked on contributing the max to the 401k and since my spouse could not work our income was such that we could contribute to IRA's also. Along with paying off the house early and doing the above , we were allowed to retire about 5 years earlier than most. Our pension only accounts for about 25% of our total retirement income. Don't fall into the trap that a lot of UPSers fall into. Thinking that the money will always be there so they buy too much house, buy too many toys and think that the company and union will take care of them. I'm hoping for a good result also in these contract negotiations. No one wins in a strike. [/QUOTE]

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