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When COVID-19 throws people out of work, their chances of retiring comfortably can deteriorate rapidly. What better time to find a new way to help? A perennial proposal just reintroduced in Congress would do some good: establish an online database of employer retirement plans so workers and retirees can locate old pensions and 401(k) accounts…
For the life of me, I can’t understand why anyone would think that cutting the payroll tax is a sensible thing to do in response to COVID-19 and widespread unemployment. So, I am encouraged that such a provision appears to have been shelved for now in the debate over the next federal stimulus bill. But,…
