"It's time to renew the American Dream by ensuring all working people have the promise of economic security in their golden years. Policymakers, employers and workers must come together to find comprehensive solutions to our looming retirement crisis. Working until you die or retiring in poverty should not be the only options in our state.
In the face of devastating budget cuts, can current workers look forward to any kind of secure future?
Retirement policy experts and advocates urged members of the Maryland House Economic Matters Committee to move forward with a bill that would help prevent the poverty that threatens millions of Maryland workers as they retire.
The breakdown of America's retirement system and the recent economic downturn--is jeopardizing a long era of improved living standards for the nation's elderly.