Retirement USA is a national initiative that is working for a new retirement system that, along with Social Security, will provide universal, secure, and adequate income for future retirees. The initiative has developed 12 Principles for a New Retirement System, which provides a framework for a future system in which employers, workers, and the government would share responsibility for the retirement security for all American workers.

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Did You Know?

$14,050 is the average Social Security benefit received by retirees in 2010.

The average retiree will receive $14,050 in Social Security benefits in 2010. This is less than the income of a full-time minimum-wage worker ($15,080).

Latest News

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by Ed Mendel, Capitol Weekly (Sacramento, CA), April 04, 2012

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by Dave Bernard, U. S. News & World Report, October 21, 2011

Retirement at risk

by Eric Ruth, News Journal (Wilmington, DE), September 25, 2011