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Ron Wyden: “The American taxpayer delivers $140 billion each year to subsidize retirement accounts, but still millions of Americans…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2014
The American taxpayer delivers $140 billion each year to subsidize retirement accounts, but still millions of Americans nearing retirement have little or nothing saved.
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Ron Wyden
Democratic · Oregon

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Wyden highlights the inefficiency of retirement savings incentives in the tax code.

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