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Pension saving for some will be a challenge, as it involves putting away a sum of money in the present in order to benefit in the future. However, with the full State Pension currently sitting at £175.20, the sum is increasingly viewed as a safety net to the savings a person makes for themselves. In this vein, understanding pension contributions and the arrangements one has in place are likely to be more important than one may perhaps think on a surface level.
market holdings is 5.3 million. average holdings of the typical middle class family would be about 10,000 bucks. now, that s not nothing. again, we should remember that if you re talking about someone who depends on a pension retirement, retirees, it does matter to people other than those at the very top of the income scale but they are the ones that benefit the most. you know, we talk about the economy oftentimes being based on emotion. so when you see these really high stratosphere numbers, doesn t that have a trickle down effect? i ve always been a big discounter on anything that trickles down. i think the confidence thing matters perhaps somewhat less. it s definitely a plus. i ll give you a plus on that, alex. what matters for most people is
do. dana: are kids that are victims of the drug war, are they part of the press conference? eric: chicago murders up. they represented hundreds more of those killed fightinger if rornist afghanistan. this is chicago where they have the toughest, the toughest gun laws in the country. andrea: deal with the problem in chicago. do you know what he announced today he would be doing? divesting. pension funds in illinois. bob: good. greg: really, bob? that is denying public employee pension retirement. that is profitable for them with the political posturing. bob: the best of the guys with the weapons of mass destruction, get rid of them.
rights. what s this mean in terms of economics in this country? i think it means a lot, chris. this story goes far beyond the borders of wisconsin. and scott walker has got it right. this has national ramifications. this is a template to work against citizens united. there s millions of dollars coming into the state trying to save him and the other senators who put forth a radical agenda that goes after middle class wages, pension retirement, the whole thing, health care. so this really is a template on how to fight back. in 2010, an answer to your question, it was simple apathy. people were lazy and didn t get engaged. what i get on the ground here in wisconsin, this is going to motivate people. this is going to focus people on how important 2012 is. and the big beneficiary of this should be president obama and the obama campaign. and it should be a wakeup call, as we saw in ohio and indiana. right-to-work is a huge issue. there s being labor issues going on in michigan. so these ra
i think it means a lot, chris. this story goes far beyond the borders of wisconsin. and scott walker has got it right. this has national ramifications. this is a template to work against citizens united. there s millions of dollars coming into the state trying to save him and the other senators who put forth a radical agenda that goes after middle class wages, pension retirement, the whole thing, health care. so this really is a template on how to fight back. in 2010, an answer to your question, it was simple apathy. people were lazy and didn t get engaged. what i get on the ground here in wisconsin, this is going to motivate people. this is going to focus people on how important 2012 is. and the big beneficiary of this should be president obama and the obama campaign. and it should be a wakeup call, as we saw in ohio and indiana. right-to-work is a huge issue. there s being labor issues going on in michigan.