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  • How the IRS Wrecked Your Pension: Don't blame the fund managers, blame the tax code.

    05/10/2013 8:37:00 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 2 replies
    Daily Beast ^ | 05/10/2013 | Megan McArdle
    This week, I had a piece in the magazine arguing that retirement is trouble. That's a golden oldie for those of you who've been reading a while; my favorite evergreen topic is haranguing my readers to save 15-20% of their income, or fer goshsakes at least 10%, towards retirement. (I mean it guys. You need to save more.) But this piece had an interesting peg: Republic Services, Inc. is in the middle of an epic battle with the Teamsters International over the pension plans that cover their workers. Up until recently, Republic teamsters have been covered by the rather notorious...