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Supplemental Transition Accounts for Retirement Proposed

New Proposal to Fund Retirement and Delay Social Security Benefits

Supplemental Transition Accounts For Retirement – STARTs 101 New Proposal to Fund Retirement and Delay Social Security Benefits
Let’s face it: Americans are woefully unprepared for retirement. Surveys consistently tell us that far too many workers have insufficient retirement funds or even absolutely nothing saved for retirement at all.

Sadly, these workers will be too dependent on Social Security benefits to have a comfortable retirement.

Many of these workers will claim benefits before their full retirement age (FRA) and receive lower benefits as a result.
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1 in 5 U.S. Student Loans Are Delinquent

Student loan delinquencies are soaring

Student Loan Delinquencies Are Higher Than Any Other Type of Credit in the U.S.

According to recent data from the New York Federal Reserve, our $1.38 trillion in outstanding student loan debt is second only to mortgage debt but comes with a higher delinquency rate.

As of the end of 2017, approximately 1.3% of mortgage balances were delinquent by ninety or more days. With student loans, the delinquency rate is a startling 11% – and that figure understates the problem.
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