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What should government's role be in retirement planning?

One congressman wants to hear from people in the retirement-planning trenches. What are the important issues? We'd start with these 3.

By Chris Carosa | Updated on August 19, 2015
Photo: AP

It’s not often a scurrilous scribe like me gets to sit down and speak to a congressman who doesn’t represent my district, let alone one who chairs a subcommittee on regulatory matters. What struck me most during the interview (see “Exclusive Interview: Congressman Tom Marino says ‘Young Working Americans Can Get Excited About’ Child IRA,” FiduciaryNews.com, August 18, 2015) was how almost every answer was headline worthy.

Of all the memorable quotes, though, this one really resonated: “Congress needs to hear more about retirement issues. We need to be better educated on the issues and emboldened to make meaningful and fair changes. Right now, the voices of reform are largely silent. What is more ominous are the silent issues within our retirement climate which are only getting larger.”

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