On AlterNet: retirement

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "retirement"

Shock Doctrine at the Post Office: How the GOP Manufactured a Crisis and Too Many Dems Went Along

Laura Clawson, Daily Kos. April 22, 2012.

Hold one thought in your mind every time you read about the "crisis" the U.S. Postal Service is in: There is a crisis, but it's a manufactured one.

Time to Increase, Not Cut, Social Security Benefits

David Moberg, In These Times. March 18, 2012.

Social Security is not in crisis. But there is a real retirement crisis, and the AFL-CIO is calling for increased benefits to meet that challenge.

Why We Need to Get Boomers to Move to the Cities

Will Doig, Salon. February 21, 2012.

If boomer retirees keep flooding suburbs, the cost of providing for them soars. Here's how we could get them to cities instead.

How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers

Ellen Schultz, Portfolio Books. September 27, 2011.

What really happened to the retirement benefits of millions of Americans at thousands of companies.

Washington's Looking to Balance the Budget on the Backs of the Elderly? One in Three Already Face Painful Economic Insecurity

Paul Kleyman, New America Media. April 29, 2011.

“Drastic” proposals to reduce the national debt fail to reflect the deep cuts to seniors’ program that have already been made in the 2011 budget.

The 10 Worst States for Retirement

Richard Barrington, MoneyRates.com. November 8, 2010.

What makes a place the ideal spot for retirement -- and what makes other places a potential disaster for retirees?

France Riots Over Pension Reforms While Americans Lose Their Homes in Record Numbers With Hardly any Protest

Mike Whitney, CounterPunch. October 27, 2010.

Retirement age is not really the issue at all. This is about union busting and "putting people in their place." It's about in whose interests will society be run.

France Shut-down Over Retirement Age Battle

Agence France PresseOctober 22, 2010.

Workers who have contributed to France's steadily increasing wealth over decades are enraged that Sarkozy is re-neging on his campaign promise to not raise retirement age.

Don't Cut Social Security, Double It

Steven Hill, AlterNet. September 6, 2010.

Let's vastly expand the Social Security payout, and making it a true national retirement system.

The Retirement Nightmare: Half of Americans Have Less Than $2,000 Banked for Their Golden Years

Scott Thill, AlterNet. July 16, 2010.

With declining earnings and a culture of borrow-and-consume, America's workers face a future of uncertainty and little money to pay for their retirement.

Happy Days Are Here Again for Wall Street but Main Street Is Too Poor to Retire

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 22, 2009.

The contrast is striking.

Who Ran Away with Your 401K?

James Ridgeway, MotherJones.com. October 8, 2009.

What starts with "f," ends with "k," and means "screw your workers"? That's right -- 401(k).

If You Just Entered the Workforce, Not to Worry: Social Security Isn't Going Anywhere

Nan Mooney, AlterNet. September 17, 2009.

Surprising numbers of workers in their 20s and 30s have little faith in their retirement security. Here's why they should be more optimistic.

Sarah Palin's Retirement Story Just Doesn't Hold Up

Jed Lewison, Daily Kos. July 11, 2009.

Palin claimed that her time in office would be a waste of tax dollars, due to the ethics complaints lodged against her. But the numbers don't add up.

Is the Future Going Down the Drain? Baby Boomers Going Bust

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. March 6, 2009.

Millions of boomers born into the dawn of the largest economic expansion in history are being forced to re-imagine their retirement futures.

Is President Obama Shifting on Social Security?

Chris Bowers, Open Left. February 18, 2009.

Don't discount the possibility that Social Security could actually be cut even under a Democratic trifecta.

Is Obama Siding With Blue Dogs on Social Security Reform?

Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake. February 12, 2009.

People in the know indicate that things like raising the retirement age and cutting benefits are under consideration.

The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. January 10, 2009.

Here's what the 50 million workers who saw their retirement plans drop by as much as 30 percent last year should know.

Pension Funds Collapse: The End of Retirement?

Shamus Cooke, Information Clearing House. December 19, 2008.

Unless things change fast, history will show that the phenomenon of "retirement" was limited to one generation.

Work: The Key to Anti-Aging?

Jeremy Laurance, Independent UK. November 26, 2008.

Relaxation is important, but retirement may well be overrated.

The Fallacy of the 401(k)

Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. October 14, 2008.

401(k)s are the contemporary version of the get-rich-quick scheme. They place retirement in the shaky hands of the market.

How Wall Street Wrecked Your Retirement

Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. July 25, 2008.

People are discovering they have been forced into a system in which others have gambled with their retirement savings and lost it.

The Vanishing American Vacation

Don Monkerud, AlterNet. September 3, 2007.

Compared to people in other developed countries, Americans don't ask for more vacation time, don't take all the vacation time their employers give them and continue to work while they are on vacation.

Giving Up the Debt Lifestyle

Deb Price, King Features Syndicate. July 30, 2007.

Financially free at last, my spouse and I don't need a newer car or a house in a ritzier neighborhood. We've matured faster than our savings bonds.