(Sidebar here to say that market-based pensions are a scam, a way to force workers to gamble in a rigged casino for the chance to enjoy a dignified retirement; the #DefinedBenefitsPension, combined with adequate #SocialSecurity, is the only way to ensure secure retirement for all of us)

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/25/derechos-humanos/#are-there-no-poorhouses

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RT @doctorow@twitter.com

Think of how US firms ended #DefinedBenefitsPension that guaranteed you a dignified retirement, in favor of market-based #401Ks that forced you to gamble your savings in a rigged casino, making you the sucker at the table, ripe for the picking:

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/25/derechos-humanos/#are-there-no-poorhouses 67/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1616821976382717952

Think of how US companies ended the #DefinedBenefitsPension that guaranteed you a dignified retirement, replacing it with market-based #401K pensions that forced you to gamble your savings in a rigged casino, making you the sucker at the table, ripe for the picking:

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/25/derechos-humanos/#are-there-no-poorhouses

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