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Topic: retirement plan

American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees union member wears their protest message on his shirt while rallying against the proposed pension legislation in Springfield, Ill. (AP/Seth Perlman)

Common sense pension reform roadblocks

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
Paul Ryan; Sam Johnson (AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Charles Dharapak/Photo montage by Salon)

Slaying the social safety net

Jim Hightower
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-50988p1.html'>Karen Roach</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Lynn Stuart Parramore