Retirement USA Blog

Senator Tom Harkin delivers floor statement in support of Retirement USA

/ September 22, 2010

Mr. HARKIN. Madam President, I rise today to speak out in support of Retirement USA’s ‘‘Wake Up, Washington!’’ Month

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| Tags: 401(k) plans, Retirement Income Deficit, retirement security, Retirement USA, Senator Tom Harkin

Poverty among the Elderly Is a Women’s Issue

/ September 22, 2010

NWLC’s analysis of Census Bureau data released last week shows that older women are at much higher risk of poverty than older men.

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| Tags: National Women's Law Center, Retirement Income Deficit, retirement security, Retirement USA, women

Women and the Retirement Income Deficit

/ September 20, 2010

Women tend to earn less, live longer, and spend more time outside of the workforce than men.

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It's Economic Security, Stupid

/ September 17, 2010

In 1992 Democratic strategist James Carville summed up the presidential race between Bill Clinton and George Herbert Walker in four now very famous words: “It’s the economy, stupid.”

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| Tags: 401(k) plans, Retirement Income Deficit, retirement security, Retirement USA

Statement on "Wake Up, Washington!" Month by Susan Scanlan, Chair of the National Council of Women's Organizations

/ September 16, 2010

I speak for the 12 million American women who are part of the nonpartisan National Council of Women’s Organizations.

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| Tags: National Council of Women's Organizations, Retirement Income Deficit, retirement security, Retirement USA, women

Senator Herb Kohl delivers floor statement on Retirement Security

/ September 16, 2010

Mr. President, I rise today as chairman of the Special Committee on Aging to talk about retirement security in America.

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| Tags: Retirement Income Deficit, Retirement USA, Senator Herb Kohl

Wake Up, Washington! There's a Retirement Crisis

/ September 16, 2010

Yesterday, SEIU personal care assistant Shareen Miller joined other workers and advocates to launch "Wake Up, Washington!" month, a speak out on retirement security.

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| Tags: Retirement Income Deficit, retirement security, Retirement USA, SEIU, Wake Up Washingtion

The Deficit No One is Talking About (NCPSSM blog entry)

/ September 15, 2010

Washington’s deficit hawks and Wall Street billionaires have invested an enormous amount of time and resources to convince the American pub

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| Tags: National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Retirement Income Deficit, Retirement USA

The deficit no one is talking about

/ September 15, 2010

Worries about deficits have become front and central in Washington in a time of sharply rising national debt. In this climate, solutions that reduce deficits and debt are viewed with considerable political favor. However, in the debates now going on about how to address deficits, let’s not forget a deficit that no one is talking about.

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| Tags: retirement, Retirement Income Deficit, Retirement USA, Social Security

Social Security is not the problem

/ September 15, 2010

Recently, policymakers in Washington have discussed cuts to Social Security as a way to reduce the nation’s debt. The fact is that any cuts to Social Security will not solve the nation’s retirement income crisis, but instead will intensify nation’s retirement income problem. Any cuts to Social Security will push a countless number of Americans further into poverty. The nation’s Retirement Income Deficit of $6.6 trillion is the real problem.