Tag: income distribution
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New pension bill totally neglects low-paid workers. Saving for retirement is a good thing and apparently one of the few issues that can garner bipartisan support in a fractured Congress. Most recently, the House passed the “Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022” – affectionately known as SECURE 2.0 because it builds on SECURE legislation…
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Unlike the official poverty rate, the supplemental rate shows retirees and kids are similar. The Census publication Income and Poverty in the United States: 2015 was full of widely reported good news. Median household income was up and poverty was down. More recently, the Census has released its report The Supplemental Poverty Measure: 2015. This…