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Elizabeth Warren: “Almost one-third of Americans on the edge of retirement have zero savings, and another third have less than a year's…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2015
Almost one-third of Americans on the edge of retirement have zero savings, and another third have less than a year's worth of income put away.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren emphasizes the alarming statistics regarding retirement savings among Americans.

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