Despite what you might read in the naïve mainstream press,401(k) retirement investors continue to thrive. Every day, moreAmerican workers are becoming 401(k) millionaires. And these aren'tlimited to those in the executive suite. No, the entire middleclass fall into this category of 401(k) millionaires. In fact, inthe vast expanse of this great country of ours, there's only oneclass of citizens not allowed to partake in the 401(k) millionaireopportunity—public employee workers.
Private companies—for their own good and, as it turns out, forthe best interests of their employees—shifted from the definedbenefit paradigm to the defined contribution archetype decades ago.Unfortunately for public workers, municipal governments continue tolive in the 1930s. They've shackled their employees with pensionplan promises, and only now are we seeing the false credibility ofthose assurances.
Just ask the public employees of Detroit, Stockton, and,possibly coming soon to New York City, Los Angeles and the entirestate of Illinois.
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