Month: April 2024
401(k)s Failing Most Americans, Politico Investigation Confirms
By David Brandolph The Pension Rights Center has long made the case that the U.S. retirement system is failing millions of workers who won’t have sufficient income for a dignified and secure retirement, as we’ve been reminding blog readers in recent posts. Billions of dollars in Congressionally authorized tax subsidies for contributions to self-directed retirement […]
NIRS Study Finds Americans Support Pensions to Address Retirement Crisis
A whopping 83% of working age Americans surveyed agree that having a pension makes it more likely to have a secure retirement, the National Institute on Retirement Security found in a recent study. Without a pension, most middle-class Americans won’t accumulate enough savings to be self-sufficient in retirement, NIRS said. The survey found that 77% […]
