Hey guys i have been hearing alot about retirement and 401k and how we should invest does anyone know how that works because i started an account when I was24 years old and i respectfully contributed to it by disapline my spending. Doing all the right things because social security isnt suppose to be our olny source of retirement. Then the plane crashed in the towers they took like 45,000. or 50,000. from it had something to do with the stock market but the program was designed to not be effected by the stock market becasue it was for retirerment does anyone know how that works or are we paying for the voting in alkita? Like where does that money go? if its in a retirement account shouldnt it be secured? Or is it just being shifted around on paper? Should i put it into the account that everybody is talking about? ON TV> ITs in all the news information would help? That and DUi's where does that money go? Do they just shift it someplace else? Is there anyone in the retirement investment busness that could explain where it went? And can i claim that on my taxes? What are the investments they want you to invest in that if the world has another crisis it wont be taken from me?