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RandySF

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1. We should beef up Social Security and at least protect public employee pensions

Reply to RepubliCON-Watch (Original post)

Fri Mar 25, 2016, 11:46 PM

Mar 2016

Those are two things within governments jurisdiction we should do right away. We should also strongly enforce the promises companies make regarding their own retirement systems. I am a public employee with a systemwide pension plan AND 401k as a sweetener (also great for tax purposes), but now they are talking about making new employees go strictly on a 401k (it's actually a 457b) program. *shiver*

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Open Question: Funding Retirement [View all] RepubliCON-Watch Mar 2016 OP

We should beef up Social Security and at least protect public employee pensions RandySF Mar 2016 #1

That doesn't sound good. RepubliCON-Watch Mar 2016 #2

Right. It's awful that companies have been permitted (by court decisions) elleng Mar 2016 #3

Lift The Cap....nt global1 Mar 2016 #4

Here Here!! RepubliCON-Watch Mar 2016 #5

Aren't 401Ks already privatised? Bring back the defined benifit plan and doc03 Mar 2016 #6

The defined contribution (401K) plans has been a failure. Buzz cook Mar 2016 #7

Social Decurity needs to be supported fully and completely. SheilaT Mar 2016 #8

Lift the cap completely and reduce the retirement age to 55 gradually. libtodeath Mar 2016 #9

Remove the SS income tax cap Chuuku Davis Mar 2016 #10