[mlocher]

Congress should let workers trade their 401(k) assets for guaranteed retirement accounts made up of government bonds, suggested Teresa Ghilarducci, an economics professor at The New School for Social Research in New York. When workers collected Social Security, the guaranteed retirement account would pay an inflation-adjusted annuity under her plan.

Soc Sec is under water. Freddie/Fannie have tanked. Medicare is inefficient. Do we really want the gov't to be involved in people private retirement savings?

[CSM]

“Soc Sec is under water. Freddie/Fannie have tanked. Medicare is inefficient. Do we really want the gov’t to be involved in people private retirement savings?”

Absofrigginlootely! In addition, we should beg for the same government to take control of our physical bodies in the disguise of health care! (is a sarc tag really needed)

OK, liberal mode off....