The Grumpy Labourski

I just realized the serendipitous nature of the topic I chose for this Labor Day weekend’s post, which is pension safety.  Of course, for my one international reader, I refer to U.S. Labor Day.  Don’t confuse it with the rest of the world’s International Worker’s (Labour) Day, otherwise known as May Day.  The U.S. celebrates its laboring workers in September due to May Day’s association with the Haymarket Affair and the Communist Party.  There’s no way this Cold War kid would celebrate some Commie Red version of Labor Day.  Of course, now I feel torn between shouting either “WOLVERINES!” or “YeehaaAAAWWW!” in homage to one of the two greatest Cold War movies of all time.  I’ll let you decide which one is laced with more irony. (Grumpus Maximus is an Amazon Associate, see Disclosures for more details.)

Seriously Dude, Wolverines!

Jokes aside, this article marks the start of a new series of posts centered on pensions.  My choice of Labor Day weekend to begin this series, while fitting, was coincidental.  In all honesty, I don’t plan that far in advance.  I decided to write about pensions because I noticed that the blog’s kind of light on pension discussions.  That’s not good for a blog “Where Financial Independence (FI) and Pensions Meet to Create a Better Retired Life”.  Thus, I felt it was time to rectify that oversight. Continue reading →