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Press Release: Senate Committee Votes to Advance Trump Corporate Insiders to Oversee USPS
Yesterday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted to advance Jeffrey Brodsky and William Gallo to the full Senate floor for a confirmation vote to serve on the Board of Governors to the United States Postal Service.
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Defined Contribution Plans Outperformed Defined Benefit Plans by a Substantial Margin
This study examined the empirical performance of 58,000 retirement plans—pension plans and 401(k) plans—over sixteen years between 2009 to 2024 and found clear outperformance by the plans without alternative assets, proving the DOL’s proposal to open up 401(k) plans to private equity and hedge fund-type investments will harm workers saving for retirement
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The Intercept: Trump’s Crypto Corruption Puts Centrist Democrats in Bind
No matter what’s in the legislation, the bill is meaningless if it leaves enforcement to Trump’s own administration, said Mark Hays, the associate director for cryptocurrency and financial technology at Americans for Financial Reform and Demand Progress.
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Inequality: How to Protect Working People’s Nest Eggs from SpaceX Scam
Millions of working people keep their hard-earned money in low-cost index funds to secure a dignified retirement and meet other financial goals.
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Scotsman Guide: Poll shows broad support for CFPB ahead of Vought’s congressional testimony
“The CFPB was created in the wake of one of the worst financial crises in our nation’s history,” Feltner stated, referring to the establishment of the bureau in 2010 as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act after the 2008 financial crisis.
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The Crypto Oligarchs
A handful of crypto billionaires with extreme anti-democratic views stand to profit immensely from passage of the CLARITY Act – the massive deregulatory crypto bill poised for a Senate floor vote this year. The CLARITY Act was drafted largely by and for the crypto industry and its leaders. They and the President are doing everything…
