Is Retirement Dead? Most Americans Have No Retirement Savings | Adam Taggart
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Pensions and the Baby Boom Regeneration
The first corporate pension was offered by the american express company all the way back in 18 75. By the 19 sixties, half of all employees in private sector were covered by a pension plan. But once pensions had become commonplace, they started to feel like burdensome cost centers to companies. So it's little surprised that the 19 seventies n 19 eighties saw the introduction of personal retirement savings plans. These plans promised to give the individual power over his or her own financial destiny. No longer would it be dict by their employer. Your company doesn't offer a pension, no worries. Open an i r a and create your own personal pension fund. Afraid your employer might misman
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