Tag: retirement plan access
It is not clear quite why it’s happening, but op-eds, articles, and conferences are out to show that the employer-sponsored pension system is fine. I suspect that the financial services industry is worried about changes in the favorable tax provisions awarded retirement saving, and have launched a coordinated campaign to show that the private sector…
Days after the President introduced the administration’s myRA proposal in his State-of-the-Union speech, Senator Tom Harkin (D, IA) introduced his Universal, Secure, Adaptable (USA) Retirement Funds Act. Both initiatives are aimed at providing coverage for those without an employer-sponsored retirement plan. The initiatives are a response to increasing public concern about retirement. A study of…