Dressed in crisply ironed shirts, looking just a bit tan, their refreshed appearance belied the six sweaty weeks they'd just spent on the road in their trusty 1970s-era VW bus, on a cross-country trip to take soundings of our nation's soured financial dreams.
The initial trailer for the film (below) shows Americans have no shortage of pessimism about their retirement prospects.
"This is the U.S., man," a mustachioed elderly gentleman in a cowboy hat says. "What ever happened to the dream, you know, of the U.S? Everybody in life is in a race to a stoplight."
Translation: At the end of the road, these days, Social Security won't even cover many people's insurance policies. Folks around the country had similarly grim sentiments about their dwindling or non-existent 401(k)s.
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And though the people in the clip above were glib about the retirement crisis, there is an air of tension surrounding the topic.
"401(k) is the new 'F word'," said Andrew Meadows, consumer and brand ambassador at The Online 401(k). "It's like talking about your dysfunctional family or your sex lives. People aren't prepared, and it's awkward."
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The current reality of our retirement prospects is, after all, a somber one:
- 46% of American workers have less than $10,000 saved for retirement.
- 74% of American workers expect to keep working once they "retire" and 40% expect to keep working until they drop.
- 36% of Americans say they don't contribute anything to retirement.
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