The monthly retirement benefit for a woman is $798. In America, could you live on $798 a month? This is what the guarantee is. But it does prevent these people from falling into the depths of poverty. It is what Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised to the American people.
John Larson: “The monthly retirement benefit for a woman is $798. In America, could you live on $798 a month? This is what the…”
On the recordMarch 2, 2005
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Discussing the adequacy of retirement benefits for women.
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