Now workers are facing poverty. But employers can do something about it, if they choose. It costs just $2.64 an hour... bloom.bg/2UtQFFF
An alarming 29% of households aged 55 and older have no retirement savings and no pension bloom.bg/2UpDKEK
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💰 That's barely above the federal poverty level of $12,490 bloom.bg/2UpDKEK
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1979: 84% of workers enrolled in a pension
2014: 28%
Companies save a fortune by abandoning pensions, but there's little indication that those savings are being passed on to workers bloom.bg/2UpDKEK
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Living: $38.6K/yr
SS benefit: $17.5K
Shortfall: $21.1K
Employers can provide the savings their workers need if they set aside $5,500 a year on their behalf bloom.bg/2UpDKEK
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But retirement plans are worthless if they can’t be funded. After all, workers can’t save what they don’t make bloom.bg/2UpDKEK
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