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• Analysts Compare Paul Ryan’s Retirement Finances to the Average American’s

  April 20, 2018: House Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) announcement that he will retire at the end of his term makes him eligible for a pension in two years, when he turns 50. Based on the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) payments formul Read More >

• Missouri Retirees Help Force Suspension of Anti-worker State Law

  August 24, 2017: Missouri Alliance members and other activists forced the suspension Friday of a new anti-worker state law before it goes into effect, delivering dozens of boxes of signed petitions demanding it be put to a public vote in 2018. Read More >

• Chicago Metro Chapter Joins Youth Activists in Intergenerational Alliance

  July 14, 2017: The Chicago Metro Chapter of the Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans, including Corresponding Secretary of the chapter Bea Lumpkin, recently launched INTERGEN, a coalition focusing on common issues and priorities. The spark fo Read More >

• Trump’s Promise Not to Cut Social Security Broken

  May 23, 2017: Budget Proposal Includes Deep Cuts to Health Care, Disability Insurance, Food Assistance and Massive Tax Breaks for Billionaires and Corporations The following statement was issued by Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the A Read More >

• The Alliance is Leading the Fight to Protect the Three-Legged Stool

  March 06, 2017: Americans for decades have planned to live the American Dream in retirement through the three-legged stool of pensions, savings and Social Security. This dream has been threatened by wage stagnation, low interest rates, and corpor Read More >

• Robert Roach Jr. Talks about Retirement with Dignity and Hillary Clinton

  August 15, 2016: While attending the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Alliance President Robert Roach, Jr. spoke to the DNC Seniors Council on the importance of retirement security and what we can expect from a Hillary Clinton Read More >

• Clinton-Kaine is an Excellent Fit for Retirees

  July 23, 2016: Ticket is Ultimate Antidote to Worries that Trump-Pence would cut Social Security, Medicare Robert Roach, Jr., President of the Alliance for Retired Americans, released the following statement regarding Hillary Clinton’s sele Read More >

• Arizona Retiree Speaks for Seniors at DNC Platform Committee Hearing

  June 17, 2016: Calls for lower prescription drug prices, expanding Social Security and Medicare Kitty Kennedy, an Alliance for Retired Americans Executive Board member from Tucson, will testify before the Democratic Party’s Platform Committ Read More >

• Alliance Pledges to Help Sen. Donnelly Achieve Retirement Security for All

  March 08, 2016: Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) recently pressed Janet Yellen, Chair of the Federal Reserve, on the offshoring of jobs following the announcement that companies Carrier and UTEC will be moving 2,100 jobs from Indiana to Mexico. The excha Read More >

• Senior Nomads: A few of the People who Need Expanded Social Security Benefits the Most

  February 04, 2016: The Los Angeles Times recently profiled senior nomads – “a subculture of wandering retirement-age couples” who travel in recreational vehicles from one part-time job to another. If anyone needs expanded Social Security b Read More >