The Retirement Deficit

Many of America's CEOs don't think we're "entitled" to a secure retirement.

Sunday, 01 December 2013 11:18  
By Sam Pizzigati, OtherWords | Op-Ed 

Struggling families all across America now have less food on their tables. Budget cuts that kicked into effect November 1 have lowered the nation’s average federal food stamp benefit to less than $1.40 per person per meal.

Austerity American-style is squeezing elsewhere as well, from Head Start for kids to Meals on Wheels for seniors, and more cuts are looming, as lawmakers on Capitol Hill near still another budget deliberation deadline, this one midway through December.

The next federal program in the crosshairs? Maybe the biggest of them all: Social Security.