Dems Target Private Retirement Accounts
politics, funding, taxes, legislation, left wing, liberalism, philosophy, bureaucracy
November 4, 2008, by Karen McMahan
Democratic leaders in the U.S. House discuss confiscating 401(k)s, IRAs
The testimony of Teresa Ghilarducci, professor of economic policy analysis at the New School for Social Research in New York, in hearings Oct. 7 drew the most attention and criticism. Testifying for the House Committee on Education and Labor, Ghilarducci proposed that the government eliminate tax breaks for 401(k) and similar retirement accounts, such as IRAs, and confiscate workers’ retirement plan accounts and convert them to universal Guaranteed Retirement Accounts (GRAs) managed by the Social Security Administration.