What are Congress and President Trump doing to ease the fears of Americans fearful that their standard of living will fall in retirement? Actually, Washington is taking two steps that could erode retirement security. And that’s happening at a time when 88% of Americans believe the nation faces a retirement crisis and 85% say leaders in Washington don’t understand how hard it is to prepare for retirement. Those results are from a new survey from the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS).

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