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While the Rich Sit On Massive Nest Eggs, Young People Struggle to Save for Retirement

While the Rich Sit On Massive Nest Eggs, Young People Struggle to Save for Retirement

Jul 7, 2023

Young workers already facing high rents and student debt will pay the biggest price for Social Security cuts. We can’t sit on the sidelines.

An Alternative to Social Security Cuts: Make CEOs Pay Their Fair Share

An Alternative to Social Security Cuts: Make CEOs Pay Their Fair Share

Jun 15, 2023

Let’s raise the contribution cap, get rid of tax preferences for gilded CEO retirement accounts, and use the extra revenue to expand retirement benefits.

Report Reveals Top CEOs Dodge Taxes on Nearly $9 Billion in Retirement Funds

Report Reveals Top CEOs Dodge Taxes on Nearly $9 Billion in Retirement Funds

May 18, 2023

Some executives can expect to receive monthly retirement checks larger than their workers’ median annual pay.

Report: S&P 500 Executives Have Stashed Nearly $9 Billion in Special Tax-Deferred Compensation Plans Not Available to Ordinary Workers

Report: S&P 500 Executives Have Stashed Nearly $9 Billion in Special Tax-Deferred Compensation Plans Not Available to Ordinary Workers

May 18, 2023

At Walmart, Home Depot, and 20 other low-wage employers, executives have accumulated enough funds in these exclusive accounts to generate monthly retirement checks larger than their workers’ median annual pay.

Report: S&P 500 Executives Have Stashed Nearly $9 Billion in Special Tax-Deferred Compensation Plans Not Available to Ordinary Workers

REPORT: A Tale of Two Retirements 2023

May 17, 2023

Our tax code helps CEOs retire in luxury while ordinary workers struggle. Here’s how to fix it.

Can We Ever Retire to Greater Equality?

Can We Ever Retire to Greater Equality?

Jun 16, 2022

Private pensions no longer narrow our income gaps. Taxing the rich to boost Social Security could.

Biden’s Relief Package Is a Huge Victory for Workers

Biden’s Relief Package Is a Huge Victory for Workers

Mar 10, 2021

It’s one of the largest antipoverty programs ever passed — and will save worker pensions throughout the country.

The Rich Are Cheering Wall Street’s Latest Records. Americans of Modest Means Are Draining 401(k)s.

The Rich Are Cheering Wall Street’s Latest Records. Americans of Modest Means Are Draining 401(k)s.

Nov 26, 2020

The nation’s woefully inadequate response to the pandemic is jeopardizing millions of retirement futures.

Creating Pension Plan Chaos for Teachers, Firefighters, and Cops

Creating Pension Plan Chaos for Teachers, Firefighters, and Cops

Jul 25, 2018

Hedge fund billionaires have been feasting off the futures of public employees – and the publics they serve.

The Racial Wealth Gap Persists Through Retirement

The Racial Wealth Gap Persists Through Retirement

Jan 25, 2017

100 CEOs have as much saved for retirement as 11 million black families, reflecting a broader problem of institutionalized racism in the U.S.

One Hundred CEOs Have as Much Retirement Wealth as 41 Percent of American Families

One Hundred CEOs Have as Much Retirement Wealth as 41 Percent of American Families

Dec 20, 2016

In the richest country in the world, why do so many millions of working people have to worry about paying their bills in their golden years?

Retirement Divide: 100 CEOs v. the Rest of Us

Dec 15, 2016

A new report calculates the gap in retirement assets between the top 100 CEOs and all African-American, Latino, female-headed, and white working class households.

Report: A Tale of Two Retirements

Report: A Tale of Two Retirements

Dec 15, 2016

As working families face rising retirement insecurity, CEOs enjoy platinum pensions.

Off the Deep End: The Wall Street Bonus Pool and Low-Wage Workers

Off the Deep End: The Wall Street Bonus Pool and Low-Wage Workers

Mar 8, 2016

The financial industry’s 2015 bonuses were double the combined earnings of all Americans who work full-time at the federal minimum wage.

New Bill Would Save Taxpayers from Funding CEO Golden Parachutes

New Bill Would Save Taxpayers from Funding CEO Golden Parachutes

Mar 3, 2016

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: “American taxpayers should never again be on the hook for lavish pay packages at bailed-out firms.”

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