Again, talk to your accountant... You might be able to take out small amounts strategically to avoid the 40k threshold. I may be mistaken, but isn't FIRE tell

Again, talk to your accountant... You might be able to take out small amounts strategically to avoid the 40k threshold. I may be mistaken, but isn't FIRE telling people to live off 4% of their investments forever? If the goal is 1 million, that is exactly 40k. The math works out perfectly to leech on society - and (this is just a hypothesis) possibly causing S&P 500 ETFs to inflate as these FIRE "retirees" promote their methods online, creating a feedback loop and illusion of ever-increasing stock market boom for the last 10 years