Hmmmm. There really are several sides to this story. Many years ago I was in the working situation described by Inner Zone and Special-K. I wanted out, and I got out. I went to work for myself in private practice as a divorce mediator. The money wasn't very good, but I was really satisfied with what I was doing: helping people in tough situations. Well, there wasn't enough to put into IRA's or 401-k's or retirement accounts and all that. We don't live high by any means, but there was just enough to get by. And that went on for twenty years. Then came this Depression (let's not fool around about terminology). And the kind of people who are my clients (not the elite), just didn't have money any more to even think about divorce, unless they did it entirely by themselves, without lawyers and/or mediators. And that cut our income by 80%. Every month (or every week) there's a new crisis: the electric bill, the phone bill, the mortgage, whatever. Yes, I got what I wanted for twenty years, but now, when I'm retirement age, there's nothing there at all. Yes, the American corporate world is entirely screwed up. I agree. But you folks with paychecks every two weeks or every month, with some kind of pension or benefits at the end of it all, have something that a lot of people like me would sure like to have. It may be only that the grass is greener, etc., but think about being foreclosed, going bankrupt, trying to find a relative to move in with and new work in a new town at age 65. Believe me, social security won't do it all. And there'll come a time when you retire and do what you want/can afford. I'll be working until the day I die.

Take care.