Tom O’ Rourke

No matter how humble your salary, job, habits and possessions you have an estate.

Have you had your professional mid-life crisis yet? If not, this might be a good time to get it over with.

If you own a home, have a spouse, carry life insurance and invest in the Thrift Savings Plan, you probably need an estate plan.

Hardly anybody joins the government planning to become rich but you could be well on the way to millionaire status if you meet a few key characteristics.

As more companies scale-back or more often eliminate retirement plans for their workers, the government’s benefits package looks better and better to many private sector employees. But all comparisons are relative.

Host Mike Causey is joined by estate planner Tom O’Rourke to discuss what you need to do to make sure your estate is in order. Also, Federal Times reporter Steve Losey gives us an update on a couple of bills making their way through Congress. April 27, 2011