Sentences with phrase «priority over retirement»

Furthermore, 67 % said that saving for college takes priority over retirement.

«There are a lot of other things taking priority over retirement, like owning a car or a house,» he says.

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So it isn't hard to see why parents might be tempted to make paying for their kids» college education a priority over saving for their own retirement.

Among Freeman's specific recommendations are a «20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient use of the energy they supply,» and ban on new coal or nuclear plants and retirement of the existing plants within the next 30 years, government - funded demonstration plants for Big Solar and hydrogen, increasing federal fuel economy standards one mile - per - gallon a year over the next 24 years, tax credits for plug - in hybrids or flex - fuel vehicles, and an excess - profits tax on oil to fund the tax credits.

Your retirement has much a higher priority over anybody's college fund.

It's so far away; it just isn't a priority and information about your company sponsored retirement account is easily glossed over during orientation.

«Fidelity's point of view is that retirement savings should take priority over college saving,» explains Bernhardt.

For people over age 50, the purchase of life insurance usually takes a back seat to financial priorities such as trimming expenses and ramping up retirement savings.

Respondents said that saving for a home takes priority over saving for an emergency (61 percent) or contributing to retirement funds (60 percent).