wrong because if putin i m sorry, if president xi successfully invades taiwan that would have a huge impact on the global economy, whether it s on semiconductors, closing off shipping routes. it would have a massive impact and what it would show is it would show that china and its authoritarian allies are on the march and that s what we cannot allow to happen. neil: all right, former and brief british prime minister liz truss saying she s concerned about a comment made by emmanuel macron is a u.s. fixation. and the leaks keep coming out how china, taiwan, and china and russia, and all of these things are sort of joined at the intelligence hip and the revelations that we ve heard. and alexandria hoff is looking at what we re continuing to get. the young man accused in all of this, he may have been accessing classified intelligence networks right down to the wire how close they were to finding the breach. jack teixeira was searching leak on the government issued computer one
costs 401(k) s and ira s, 3.4 trillion dollars in the first half of 2022. neil. back to you. neil: all right. gerri, thank you for that. i want 0 to go to martin and aaron, and passionate souls, i m sure they would help out family members if they were in duress. scott, one thing that s happening, parents are doing it at their own expense and retirement security. what do you make of that? well, it s tough. it s a tough decision, neil, i m not sure which way, my kids are 12 and nine and don t have to worry about it too much, but they re expensive. in the days of crazy inflation nicely flattening out finally you have to be careful about your retirement savings and what you spend on items, luxury goods and discretionary items, too. going forward, i think we re going to see a more deflationary environment and the market is going to continue to rebound and therefore, folks concerned about retirement as