401 Retirement Plans, IRAs, and other tax deferred savings

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401 Retirement Plans, IRAs, and other tax deferred savings

Social Security has been funded by FICA contributions from your paycheck. The current model of Social Security reform advocated by the White House would use private accounts to support the Social Security trust fund. Ironically, most economists and experts point out that setting up private accounts would run down the Social Security Trust much faster.

   

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