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Publication Date: March 2010
Publisher: Economic Opportunity Institute
Author(s): John Burbank
Research Area: Population and demographics; Social conditions
Keywords: Elderly; social security; retirment; seniors
Type: Report
Coverage: Washington
Abstract:
Social Security remains as a solid pedestal for our retirement, but pensions are shrinking or non-existent and workers are more apt to have debts than savings. This can be overcome by first augmenting federal Social Security benefits; second, advancing universally accessible voluntary retirement accounts; and third, as this brief outlines in more detail, developing a progressive state-level supplemental social insurance system.