Reports out of Washington point to a disturbing fascination with altering the nation's successful private retirement system as a way to make up our nation's less than successful public spending system.
Last month, the Senate Finance Committee heard testimony from several "experts" regarding the concept of amending our current corporate and individual retirement account laws to help offset some of the country's deficit.
Oddly, we haven't heard a peep from AARP on this. Aren't they the ones who traditionally complain about any talk to fix our broken Social Security system? Why aren't they spewing forth the same venom when Congress points its pork-barrel vacuum cleaner at those retirement plans people have the most control over?
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