From: dahoov2@cox.net   
      
   Clifton James and Glenn Beck today... that was nice.   
      
   However, my TV 15 seconds of fame (ok maybe 3 minutes) didn't go like   
   I'd have hoped.  I learned a few things like 1) they twist what your   
   questions are to fit what they want to discuss 2) whatever they want   
   to discuss isn't necessarily what Suze wants to discuss.  She'll pick   
   up on something and take that to be the question... 3) they talk about   
   you when you are done and don't disconnect you!  LOL  Well it was a   
   generic talking "what's wrong with these people" type of thing.   
      
   Anyway, my question was to do with 401k's and ours is losing money big   
   time.  We lost more than 5k this past year, and the last quarter   
   alone, it lost everythign we put into it, all the money the company   
   matched PLUS 2k~  and last month, we only earned just over 1.3% on it.   
   That was after "diversifying".  So my question was really if I should   
   stop putting money in there and put into a guaranteed 3-4% CD or Money   
   Market.  But I was told by the producer to mention my son's college   
   costs... and that's where the question went.  I was told essentially I   
   am retirement poor and his college (which is more than the mortgage   
   payment) is to be paid off by him... I need to tell him to pay it   
   back.  I can do that, but the fact is it'll never happen.  She doesn't   
   know the whole family issue about that subject....   
      
   So lesson learned also 3) they can't solve anything as they don't get   
   the whole story and you definitely can't do that in three minutes.   
      
   Now this will air in a couple months. I got a bit giggly on there (not   
   from nervousness, but from seeing my question go off on a tangent and   
   thinking to myself I knew she was gonna do that...).   
      
   Though this wasn't the epitome of a great experience, I do want to say   
   though, she has GREAT info in her books.  More in the books than on TV   
   in my view.  It's worth a read because she speaks normally (doesn't   
   give you a lot of financial mumbo jumbo without explaining it) and she   
   gets to the heart of the matter and what steps you need to take to get   
   some peace of mind in your life when it comes to finances.  Now, if   
   anyone's got an extra 3/4 of a million for me, I'll be happy to put it   
   in my retirement account.... LOL   
      
   Those of you in your 40's on need a minimum of a million and those   
   younger will need probably double that.  So get cookin'   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)