Retirement Security Publications

2008-2009 Retirement Security publications

Universal Voluntary Retirement Accounts: Secure retirements, competitive businesses and economic growth for America

05.18.2009 | Half of all workers lack access to a retirement plan at their workplace. And small businesses face high administrative and cost hurdles that often prevent them from offering retirement plans to employees. Universal Voluntary Retirement Accounts (UVRAs) are a straightforward alternative to the retirement savings dilemma facing today’s workers and small businesses. UVRAs allow any individual worker to open a low-cost Individual Retirement Account (IRA), and make it easier for small businesses to recruit and retain employees by offering them a way to save for retirement.

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Washington Voluntary Accounts: Creating Universal Access to Retirement Security

02.15.2009 | Outlines a plan for Washington State operated employer and employee based retirement accounts that provide increased retirement security for workers.

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Washington Voluntary Accounts: Making It Easy to Save for Retirement

02.15.2009 | The proposal for Washington Voluntary Accounts (WVAs) offers an easy mechanism for individuals to save for retirement. WVAs directly address the importance of a retirement program for about half of all workers who do not have a retirement savings plan in their workplace. Full report »

UVRA Update

03.01.2008 | Volume 1, Issue 1: Includes updates for eight states and initial details for regional and national conferences on Universal Retirement Savings Accounts (UVRAs).

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Response to the 2008 Social Security Trustees Report

05.01.2008 | The annual Trustees report was envisioned as a way to provide policy makers and citizens with information on the long-term stability of Social Security. The report projects the finances of the program for the next 75 years. Doing so has always required a degree of fortune telling. Adding to the confusion of this already difficult task, is that in recent years, conservative politics appears to be having a greater influence on the contents of the report. The report is increasingly influenced by the partisan politics of the Presidential appointees who serve as trustees. Full report »