Saturday, September 5, 2009

I'm almost speechless!

WASHINGTON – The recession has eaten into people’s nest eggs so the government is promoting ways to make it easier to save for retirement.

One initiative that President Barack Obama outlined in his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday will allow people to have their federal tax refunds sent as savings bonds. Others are meant to require workers to take action to stay out of an employer-run savings program rather than having to take action to join it.
“We know that automatic enrollment has made a big difference in participation rates by making it simpler for workers to save,” Obama said. “That’s why we’re going to expand it to more people.”

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1 comment:

The Conservative Lady said...

I saw this on TV yesterday. Wonder how many dupes will fall for this one. Thanks for the follow. I will reciprocate. Nice blog BTW.