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Achieving retirement security at 50 cents an hour

A think-tank called Third Way suggests a minimum pension plan that will require employers to sock away 50 cents per hour for each employee.

By Marlene Y. Satter | Updated on September 24, 2014

Saying that “a minimum pension sounds like a minimum wage, and it is,” a new report from think-tank and advocacy group Third Way has suggested that a minimum pension plan should become law.

While the actual number of people in the U.S. who do not participate in or are not offered an employer-provided plan varies, depending on whose statistics are used, the number is large. Even when they do save, most workers don’t put away enough to avoid the possibility of running out of money during retirement.

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