Peter Thiel turned a Roth IRA into a $5B tax-free piggy bank

Utterly astounded and dismayed to see this much of HN's audience completely fail to comprehend what they've read here and paint this as some sort of sinister theft. This is the law functioning as intended. Thiel's case is a one-in-100-million+ event. He may have the only Roth IRA in existence that's valued at over $5 billion. But he didn't do it by exploiting some sort of "loophole" or paying high-priced accountants to shield his assets in foreign entities offshore. He…

What's the news here? That he did someone wrong? Because to me it looks like it's working as intended.

Title should be “US leaders passed legislation that allowed for limitless future tax free earnings if redeemed after age 59.5”. Propublica does good work, but they reduce their credibility when they put out clickbait to induce rage at a single person playing by the rules. Guess it is easier to get people riled up against one “evil” person than the myriad representatives the populace voted for.