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hand holding coin to put in piggy bank

Currently IRAs don’t increase retirement saving; balances are rollovers from employer plans. Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) were introduced in 1974 under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.  The goal was to enable those without pension coverage in employer-sponsored plans to save in a tax-deferred fashion.  IRAs now hold almost half of total private retirement assets,…