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Tom Harkin: When one out of four don't have anything, when the baby boomers, they say about half of them will not have enough money…

On the recordJuly 11, 2011
When one out of four don't have anything, when the baby boomers, they say about half of them will not have enough money to last them through the years until they die, we have a crisis out there.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin highlights the retirement crisis facing Americans.

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