Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I suspect in the next 10 or 15 years the government will come after the earnings portion of the Roth and tax it. The only thing that might stop it is how many politicians have a Roth.
If there is anything both left and right within the population agree on is that Roth should be tax free. Any side that proposes it will be political suicide.
Side note: they may still try to eliminate the Roth conversion of high income individuals and restrict options within the Roth that are really only available to people like Peter Thiel.