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Martin O'Malley

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(135,883 posts) Fri Aug 28, 2015, 10:51 AM Aug 2015

Our parents and grandparents should be able to retire in dignity—not poverty. Yet today in America, too many retirees are struggling to make ends meet. At the same time, the economic pressures on millions of families—from stagnant wages and high housing costs, to a lack of affordable childcare and skyrocketing college tuition—have resulted in meager, if any, retirement savings for tomorrow’s retirees.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/28/1416187/-O-Malley-Bests-Bernie-in-the-Fight-Against-the-ReTrumplican-Agenda-to-Privatize-Social-Security