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An added benefit to finding a new job is that it can present an opportunity to rethink your retirement strategy and review the performance of your existing retirement funds. It turns out that finding a new job is something one in every five U.S. workers does every year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Many use that event as a chance to consolidate their retirement assets and move [...]

Theft or embezzlement? That was the debate between Senators Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) and John Heinz (R-PA) in 1990, when they discussed how best to protect the growing Social Security Trust Fund reserves. Both agreed that failure to account properly for the huge pool of savings would constitute a political crime but differed on its nature. Moynihan likened it to common thievery; Heinz to a graver [...]

When the alarm clock buzzes in those dark hours of the early morning, American workers know they have a long day ahead of them earning a living for themselves and their families. According to two new studies by The Foundation for Educational Choice, however, a good portion of every American’s paycheck will soon be used to fund somebody else’s retirement. That’s because public employee pension [...]