Retirement USA is a national initiative that is working for a new retirement system that, along with Social Security, will provide universal, secure, and adequate income for future retirees. The initiative has developed 12 Principles for a New Retirement System, which provides a framework for a future system in which employers, workers, and the government would share responsibility for the retirement security for all American workers.

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Did You Know?

43 percent of full-time workers ages 25-34 participated in a retirement plan 2008.

In 2008, 43.3 percent of full-time workers ages 25-34 participated in a retirement plan, compared to 54.0 percent of full-time workers ages 35-64, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Though younger workers have always been less likely to participate, it does not bode well for younger workers that participation appears to have declined in recent years, according to this measure. In 2000, for example, half (49.9 percent) of full-time workers ages 25-34 participated in a plan.

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