Source:The New Democrat
This emphasizes the great need for improving the skills of workers, especially in America which ranks 39th in the world in education. That 1 in 5 Americans lives in poverty is already unacceptable.
Our aging population means current and future workers are going to have to work longer and be more productive. They need to put more money away for their own retirements and be less dependent on the public safety net to provide them needed income when they retire.
Private retirement accounts are an attractive policy option that encourages people to put money, matched by their employers, away for savings and retirement. This allows people to finance their own retirements bringing down government costs.
About Erik Schneider
I use the American Liberal photo as the cover photo for this blog, because that’s exactly what I am. And no, not in the stereotypical, sort of pop culture sense of what an American Liberal is supposed to be. But someone who represents what American liberalism, as well as European liberalism, and perhaps the liberalism of the rest of the world outside of the United States.
Liberals are people who believe in defense of liberal democracy, as well as the preservation of liberal democracy. And of course we also believe in liberal democracy with all the individual rights, and other liberal values that come from liberal democracy, the liberal democratic form of government, like equal opportunity, equal rights, equal justice, property rights, individual freedom and freedom of choice for everybody, as well as limited but responsible government, and fiscal responsibility