Carpentry Retirement Savings Nightmare in Rural Ohio

it's the same damn story for all of us non-union guys in ohio, slaving away framing houses while those corporate fat cats in columbus gut our pension plans and leave us high and dry. i've seen too many old timers end up broke because the system's rigged against solo operators like us. fuck that noise, we should've unionized years ago to stick it to the bastards.

hey man, what kinda custom cabinet jobs you thinkin of takin on to boost that retirement stash?

don't wait another year to start that 401k, i saw a couple old framers in ohio end up broke and scraping by on nothing after their pensions got slashed under that MPRA crap.

switched to side gigs building custom face frame cabinets three years back and it doubled my savings rate, now i've got over 100k tucked away. wish i'd started sooner but damn, it's feelin good to watch that nest egg grow.

man, i feel you on those lean winters eating up any chance to save... i been framnin for 20 years and still got jack in the bank cause the big outfits undercut us solos every damn time.

those damn winters in rural ohio always screw us solo guys over, wiping out any chance at building a real retirement fund while big corps rake in the profits. quickbooks aint worth shit if the economy keeps tanking our gigs, and dont get me started on the banks charging an arm for loans to even try catching up. its bullshit how the system leaves us carpenters high and dry after busting our asses for decades.