WSJ – States to Help Workers Save for Retirement

\MARK POST #6365

http://www.wsj.com/articles/states-to-help-workers-save-for-retirement-1441322951

EXCELLENT IDEA.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE EVER CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF A WORLD TRANSFORMED BY TECHNOLOGY IS THE PACE OF THE LABOUR MARKET HAVING LOST IT’S SENSE OF PERMANENCE OF A JOB FOR LIFE. REALLY, IT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN IN THE PAST ERA’S OF KINGDOMS & NATIONS COMING AND GOING.

HOWEVER, SINCE WW2, THE ILLUSION OF JOB SECURITY AND RETIREMENT AT 65 WAS PART OF A BROADER STRATEGY OF DEALING WITH THE UP AND COMING BABY BOOM EXPLOSION WHILE FORGING A PATH FORWARD IN TERMS OF HOW TO HANDLE THE LIFECYCLE STAGES OF YOUNG MIDDLE AND OLDER WORKERS.

NOW THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS REALLY CEMENTED THE FAR AWAY CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NATIONS IN THE EYE BLINDING FLASH OF LIGHTSPEED, COMPANIES AND GOVERNMENTS DEALING WITH THE RATE OF CHANGE ARE THE MICRO VERSIONS OF BIGGER PHENOMENA OF THE PAST.

WALL STREET IS THE INDICE OF THAT RATIO OF CHANGE. WERE PEOPLE COUNT ON SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO END THEIR LIVES IN RELATIVE EASE AND COMFORT WITH PEACE OF MIND.

AS WE’VE ALL SEEN… BIG OR SMALL – NO ONE IS IMMUNE FROM CHANGE AT WARP SPEED. THIS IS WHERE THESE PLANS OF HELPING PEOPLE COUNT ON SOMETHING INTELLIGENT THAT ALLEVIATES THEIR STRESS LEVELS WILL HAVE MAJOR IMPACT ON A MORE SENSIBLE HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WHERE IT HAS TO SHOULDER THE PRESSURES OF ECONOMIC SYSTEMS OUT OF WHACK, ALL BECAUSE OF EITHER A MINUSCULE ERROR THAT FACTORS EXPONENTIALLY OR OF THE USUAL SELF PRESERVATION SYSTEM OF SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST MODEL. OBVIOUSLY…. THAT MODEL IS DATED, WRONG IF YOUR HUMAN AND NOT AN ANIMAL, AND SURELY ONE THAT RELIES ON HUMAN COMPASSION BETTER INTENDED TO HELP THE BROAD RANGE OF ECONOMIC REALITIES OF INDIVIDUALS, WITHOUT COMPROMISING MARKET INTEGRITY.

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