rickschloser:  I agree 100% with you. A million $s for retirement is not a  lot of money for retirement.

My spouse and I have never had the need to "pretend to be rich" (buy high end cars on credit and live in large homes we could not afford), we worked extremely hard, saved and invested our money. Nothing has been given to us. No pensions either. We could easily retire in our early 50s.

I find it infuriating when people say that savers like me should pay "my fair share". They make it sound like the money was handed to me therefore I should be punished. I have paid more than my "fair share" of taxes and will continue to pay more than my"fair share".

I understand the root of this hostility is simply jealousy. People who do not have the discipline or intelligence to save are angry that they can't go from "pretending to be rich" to actually rich.