Tag: income distribution
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…
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…
