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		<title>Florida Hispanics lack suitable retirement options</title>
		<description><![CDATA[December 6, 2011 By Mayra Del Valle Sun Sentinel Americans are gravely concerned about their retirement security. A recent survey commissioned by Americans for Secure Retirement found that 88 percent of voters expressed concern about &#8220;being able to maintain a comfortable standard of living throughout retirement.&#8221; What&#8217;s more, three out of five middle-class Americans entering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many have little to no savings as retirement looms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[December 5, 2011 By Matt Krantz USA Today For many Americans, the golden years are quickly taking on a tin-like hue. After a vicious decade of no growth for the stock market, including two 401(k)-eating bear markets and persistently sky-high unemployment, more Americans are finding themselves in their 50s and 60s with practically no money [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paycheckforlife.org/2011/12/06/many-have-little-to-no-savings-as-retirement-looms/</link>
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		<title>Do Tea Partyers support Social Security and Medicare?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[November 8, 2011 By Steve Vernon CBS Money Watch In a recent poll conducted jointly by prominent Republican and Democratic polltakers, 34 percent of self-identified Tea Party supporters said that Social Security and Medicare should not be cut, no matter what. Another 30 percent of Tea Partyers said that if cuts to Social Security and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paycheckforlife.org/2011/11/08/do-tea-partyers-support-social-security-and-medicare/</link>
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		<title>The debt fallout: How Social Security went ‘cash negative’ earlier than expected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October 30, 2011 By Lori Montgomery Washington Post Last year, as a debate over the runaway national debt gathered steam in Washington, Social Security passed a treacherous milestone. It went “cash negative.” For most of its 75-year history, the program had paid its own way through a dedicated stream of payroll taxes, even generating huge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paycheckforlife.org/2011/11/04/the-debt-fallout-how-social-security-went-%e2%80%98cash-negative%e2%80%99-earlier-than-expected/</link>
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		<title>David Hendricks: Prospects for retiring well worry many</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October 28, 2011 By David Hendricks San Antonio Express News Doubts about being able to retire with a comfortable standard of living are soaring in the country. The level of concern may be boiling toward a panic level. A recent poll shows that nearly nine out of 10 people, 88 percent to be exact, are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Higher Anxiety Over Retirement Among Rich, Poor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October 18, 2011 By Anne Tergesen Smart Money We all know that Americans are feeling insecure about retirement these days. A new poll illustrates how pervasive these feelings have become. According to a recently released survey of 800 voters nationwide, 50% of respondents with $100,000 or less in savings are feeling less confident about their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paycheckforlife.org/2011/11/04/higher-anxiety-over-retirement-among-rich-poor/</link>
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		<title>88% in poll say they&#8217;re worried about retirement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[October 6, 2011 By Christine Dugas USA Today Retirement worries continue to grow, and the cloud of pessimism has blanketed all Americans. Last month, 88% of 800 registered voters said they were concerned about maintaining a comfortable standard of living in retirement, up from 73% last year, says a national poll out Thursday by Americans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paycheckforlife.org/2011/11/04/88-in-poll-say-theyre-worried-about-retirement/</link>
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		<title>National Poll Finds Retirement Security Concerns on the Rise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leading pollsters release bipartisan survey analyzing perceived impact of Washington debt debate on financial security in retirement WASHINGTON, DC –A new bipartisan, national survey released today reveals that anxiety about retirement continues to grow, with near universal concern about having enough to make ends meet throughout retirement. The survey, conducted by Lake Research Partners and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paycheckforlife.org/2011/10/06/national-poll-finds-retirement-security-concerns-on-the-rise/</link>
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		<title>GAO Report Highlights the Pivotal Role of Annuitization in Ensuring a Financially Secure Retirement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[July 5, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC – Americans for Secure Retirement (ASR), a retirement issues advocacy coalition, released the following statement in response to the recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on annuities and retirement security. This statement can be attributed to ASR’s Chairman, Thomas Bartell. “Today’s GAO study confirms what we already know: annuities provide [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paycheckforlife.org/2011/07/20/gao-report-highlights-the-pivotal-role-of-annuitization-in-ensuring-a-financially-secure-retirement-4/</link>
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		<title>Delay Taking Social Security, Add Annuity to Survive Retirement, GAO Says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[July 1, 2011 By Margaret Collins Bloomberg Retirees may have to delay Social Security benefits and buy an annuity to have enough money for retirement, said a U.S. government study. “The risk that retirees will outlive their assets is a growing challenge,” according to a study from the Government Accountability Office released today. Increased life [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.paycheckforlife.org/2011/07/02/delay-taking-social-security-add-annuity-to-survive-retirement-gao-says/</link>
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