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Jim Saxton: “But if I said to you and anybody else that could hear that the pension fund, total amount of pension fund moneys in our…”

On the recordAugust 2, 1995
But if I said to you and anybody else that could hear that the pension fund, total amount of pension fund moneys in our country, has grown since 1983 from a level of about $1.5 trillion to about $4.8 trillion today, you know, that is kind of hard to relate to. But if I said to you that particularly people who are beginning to think about retirement that that pot of money is where your paycheck is going to come from after you retire and that it should be protected with all due diligence, that would be interesting.
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Discussing the importance of pension fund management and its impact on retirement security.

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