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Why 67% of Americans Fear Running Out of Money More Than Dying (And What to Do About It) SB1840
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- The Stacking Benjamins Show
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- May 11, 2026
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- 4070
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Summary
A new study just confirmed what most people in their 40s already feel but rarely say out loud: running out of money is scarier than death. Gen X is leading that number at 73% -- and the reasons why make a lot of sense when you look at what that generation is actually navigating. No pensions. Rising costs. Longer retirements. Markets that never seem to settle. Joe, OG, and Len Penzo dig into the data, the psychology, and the practical steps that actually move the needle. What You'll Walk Away With Why Gen X is more worried about retirement than either baby boomers or millennials -- and the pension gap that explains most of it The Social Security stress test OG recommends for every retirement plan -- and why neither he nor Len think it's going away Why checking your portfolio every time the market drops is one of the most expensive habits a long-term investor can have The automation argument that cuts through the discipline myth -- and why your systems matter far more than your willpower Why the debt normalization shift that happened sometime in the late 1970s is still costing people their retirement today The three-layer retirement income framework OG and Anna walk through -- Social Security, pensions and annuities, and investment withdrawals -- and how to find your gap number The 4% rule explained in plain math -- including the inflation adjustment most people skip and why it matters enormously What sequence of return risk actually means in practice -- and the floor strategy that keeps you from panic-selling at exactly the wrong moment Why running out of money in retirement is mostly a planning problem, not a math problem -- and what that distinction changes The ongoing battle to name OG and Anna's financial basics segment -- and why "The Financial Dwarves with Happy a…