Instead, by funding an annuity with only a
portion of your savings and investing the rest in a diversified
portfolio of stock and
bond mutual funds for growth potential, you can reap the advantages
of an annuity (income you won't outlive no matter what's going on in the financial markets) while still having the remainder
of your nest egg invested so it remains accessible yet can
grow over the long term.
If then you pull the government's stocks out and make them all your stocks, while replacing the government's share
of the
portfolio with all
bonds, then your tax bill on withdrawal will be lower (the government's
portion will
grow less), but your money in the
portfolio will be riskier.