I want to tell you a story about accessing tax-deferred funds in an IRA or 401k before age 59.5 without paying a penalty. But first I'm going full out White Fang on you. A trapped animal will do just about anything to get free. When you get caught, normal rules of comportment and demeanor are sloughed off to make room for the demands of the primordial will to live. It's all about survival. Adrenaline rushing, pumping through arteries and veins, clouding the judgment and dulling the pain, the ...