Since, according to you, the last post by "Maserati" was a troll (and not you), I will respond (for I am once again slightly entertained).
1) Do note that I SAID whoever it was was trolling - had to be. So, verified that I was right.
2) Perhaps you should register your name so that you can't be imitated so easily. Definitely no way for anyone to know.
3) Since I responded to a troll post and then you respond back to me as if I were responding to something YOU said...well, that's odd. If you didn't make that post (and I will believe you there), then why get mad and defensive about something I said to THAT person? Weird.
4) Dude, I have no insecurity. That is bogus. Is the fact that you responded to me proof of YOUR insecurity? Like I said, good for you that you have done as well as you say. I do not keep score and only want to make as much as I need (and trust me, brother, I have much more than all the experts say I need even at this point, and I have made sure to do so so that my reliance on Social Security is nil). As of May I will also be 100% debt free including the house, and that is also part of protecting myself against a market crash, eliminating as much earmarked income as possible so that I can weather a bad financial storm.
5) My thinking belongs to another era? If by that you mean to a time when people saved (in my case invest) and don't spend every penny they have, then yes, you are right. For you to criticize my saving and investing is really odd. Statistically, I am well toward the top of invested money for people my age (or any age actually) and am well ahead of the retirement game when all studies point to the vast majority of people not being financially ready. I'm already there and still plan to work for another 10 years, during which time I will not only add to the pile, but it will grow beyond what is necessary.
6) While you have a fear for me, I don't involve myself in fears. I simply plan so that there is an infinitesimal chance of financial failure. A "clawback" in Social Security? Taxes? Dude, I will not NEED Social Security. Anything I get from that will be gravy. And taxes? At a minimum when I retire, I will no longer be investing the large portion of my income that I do, I won't have 4 people living in my house (one is in college now, but she is home part of the year), we will move to an area of the country that has smaller property taxes (plenty of places for that), and I will be taxed at a different (smaller rate). Would take a REPUBLICAN in the White House to increase taxes enough to dent all that savings I will have.
7) Who says I'm not adaptable? While I do have a decent pile today, if the market tanked (and I mean REALLY tanked...down to Dow of 3000 or something like that) then I might have to work a tad longer, at least part-time. Anything is possible...but you have to plan the best you can to ward against bad things happening, and I have, not the least of which is that I will have three years of expenses saved in a liquid account that isn't tied to the market in any way. If it tanks, I will use that and if need be and if available, Social Security payments to see me through until there is a rebound...and if no rebound, well, then, I am just 3 years further down the road and need less ultimately in my stock accounts anyway as I will not live forever.
NOW my entertainment is probably over, even if there is another post by "Maserati" that says I was trolled again...because that's only funny for so long.