July 26, 2012 – Pension reform in California threatens millions of elders who could be facing poverty without their pension checks, reports The California Majority Report. NIRS executive director Diane Oakley was quote; “There is a steep price to pay when older Americans can no longer be self-sufficient in retirement – either as increased public assistance costs to taxpayers or backsliding to a time with elder Americans living in poverty.”

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