Tag: retirement income security
Is there really a free lunch? Repeated copies of a proposal called RISE – Retirement Income Security for Everyone – have arrived in my email, accompanied by endorsements from some serious people. After the third or fourth missile, I felt compelled to take a closer look. The proposal supposedly would eliminate poverty and income inequality…
The brief’s key findings are: Today’s workers face a brewing retirement crisis due to: a growing need for income driven by longer lifespans, rising health costs, and low interest rates; and reduced support from Social Security and defined benefit pension plans. Fortunately, the solutions are at hand: Policymakers should shore up Social Security with more revenue,…
