"YMYW Gents - Steven again from steaming hot Texas. Thank you for covering my question in today's episode! I have a different perspective to offer which might influence your spitball. In your spitball today, you guys spoke a lot about how the tax I would pay doing a Roth Conversion is equal to the tax I've already paid on the dollars I would use for a Backdoor Roth. I understand that completely, but my motivation for pondering a Backdoor Roth is not about taxes. My motivation for doing a Backdoor Roth is to introduce new dollars into my retirement portfolio to see compounding growth until I reach retirement in 20+ years rather than those dollars sitting in my savings account. I think the notion that a Roth Conversion and a Backdoor Roth are "same same" makes sense from a tax perspective, but not from a long term growth perspective. After doing a Roth Conversion, there would be no increase to my overall retirement portfolio balance like there would be af...
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