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Is America’s Retirement System Failing Future Retirees?
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  • Is America’s Retirement System Failing Future Retirees?

    In a Forbes column, NIRS Executive Director Dan Doonan writes that as America ages and income inequality deepens, concerns about retirement security are mounting. Some voices, however, indicate that retirement concerns are exaggerated, relying on data indicating that older Baby Boomers have largely fared well in retirement. But new research published in The Journal of Retirement […]

    Sep 15, 2025

    A Birthday Gift for Social Security: Action Now Will Protect Benefits for the Next 90 Years
    Flag flies in front of Capitol in DC with cash and social security card to illustrate funding issues for retirement
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  • A Birthday Gift for Social Security: Action Now Will Protect Benefits for the Next 90 Years

    Happy birthday, Social Security! President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935, establishing a program that would grow over 90 years to become the foundation of retirement security in the United States. As we celebrate the remarkable accomplishments of Social Security during this anniversary month, it’s also important […]

    Aug 14, 2025