should i put money in a roth ira account or a regular one? let's start with a roth ira. to, unless they make less than $153,000 per year. i think aside from the earned income tax credit and all the temporary covid stimulus, the roth ira might be the single greatest thing our government has done for low income families since the end of the war on poverty, which at best ended at draw with poverty possibly winning on points. i make the limits for the i.r.a. investing the same as limits for 401(k). that will be a theme for the rest of the year. but, doesn't seem to care because they make a lot more money off of 401(k) plans. there is no other reason i can find for what you can contribute roughly three times as much money to an i.r.a., i'm sorry, to a 401(k) as an i.r.a. three times, 401(k) over i.r.a. let's say this. you put $10,000 in an i.r.a. per year, much more than the current cap. and even higher than what the contribution than it would have been if you just started in 1975, and adjusted the initial guidelines for inflation. yes, i am championing $10,000 or bust. i am