Retirement Savings in the Dark
For most of the 20th century, there was a clear wall between working people’s pension funds and the riskier corners of financial markets. This wasn’t accidental—it was the law.
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Dollars & Sense collective member and Bentley University economist Bryan Snyder sent us this rather disturbing graph, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data (including data from last Friday's jobs report), requesting that we post it to the blog with the following question: "Stare at this image for a few minutes...if you see a 'sailboat' or a 'tax cut,' chances are you are a Republican."
Click on the image for a better view.
Bryan just told me it's from Nancy Pelosi's website, and that he first saw it last night on Rachel Maddow's show.