Being debt-free feels like winning, but plenty of financially disciplined people still end up broke. In this episode of The Prosperity Podcast, Kim Butler and Spencer Shaw unpack why so many savers who have done everything right, paid off the mortgage, maxed out the 401(k), avoided debt, can still find themselves without real cash flow when they need it most.
Kim traces the problem back to a shift in financial thinking that started when 401(k)s arrived in the 1970s: deferring taxes became the goal, and cash flow got pushed down the road right along with it...