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Heritage Foundation
Senior research fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation, specializing in retirement security
PROFILE
David C. John
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FROM David C. John
To the Point
American Workers and the Retirement Squeeze For the first time since the New Deal, retiring Americans will be worse off than their parents, and it's not just because of the Great Recession. Guaranteed pensions have been replaced by 401(k)'s -- but they make more for the financial industry than they do for retirees.
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