When One Promise Feels Shaky, Build a Cushion You Control
Imagine your household budget as a house with a single support beam. If that beam is Social Security — or any one paycheck, one job, one benefit — the whole structure sways whenever someone questions whether the beam will hold. That’s exactly what happened when real estate investor Grant Cardone warned that Social Security “may disappear” and urged people to build their own retirement income instead. Whatever you think of his solution, the underlying worry he’s tapping into is worth taking seriously: what happens to your finances if you lean on just one source of support?
