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Elizabeth Warren: “Financial literacy is critical for Americans who are trying to make key decisions like planning for retirement, but…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2022
Financial literacy is critical for Americans who are trying to make key decisions like planning for retirement, but low-incomes families navigating a thin social safety net that gives them too little help, all the education and counseling in the world cannot magically make two plus two add up to ten.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren emphasizes the importance of financial literacy for low-income families.

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