Join John and Jared as we ask the obvious... If the Infinite Banking Concept was so great, why aren't more people doing it? Here's the truth: The ability to do this has been around for over 200 years! Walt Disney used it. JC Penny used it! What happened with ERISA, the legislation that gave us the 401K? Everything changed, and Wall Street and the banks have done very well with your retirement funds. How has the average American done managing their own retirement funds? It's not a pretty picture for many. The "defined benefit plan" or traditional pension, which guaranteed income for life, has been replaced by the defined contribution plan. This change shifted all responsibility for funding retirements from the employer to the employees.