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The Way Forward

hedda_foil

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5. Clueless (not you, marmar!) Let's give working class Americans access to retirement accounts.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 12:16 PM

Feb 22

Sure, when a majority of Americans can't afford an extra $400 expense. A retirement account from their poorly paying job is going to fix things right up. You betcha!

That's the totally clueless, neoliberal privatization approach that has lost us the working class.

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"We are listening now": Democrats' path forward leads back to the economy [View all] marmar Feb 22 OP

I think the economy is a red herring drray23 Feb 22 #1

This. LuvLoogie Feb 22 #3

While retirement savings programs are great, tough to contribute for the 35% of US households living paycheck... dutch777 Feb 22 #2

Lots of problems with that bucolic_frolic Feb 22 #4

Clueless (not you, marmar!) Let's give working class Americans access to retirement accounts. hedda_foil Feb 22 #5

The working class voted their racism Keepthesoulalive Feb 22 #6

Adrienne Elrod and people like her are the problem somsai Feb 22 #7