We have a rare and perhaps small window of opportunity to set partisan differences aside, and attempt to achieve what many in recent years have felt was unreachable - greater retirement security for ourselves and our children.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- There is a limited time to work together across party lines to improve retirement security for current and future generations.
- In plain terms
- We should put aside political fights now to make retirement safer for everyone.
- What can you take from it?
- Act now to secure retirement before the chance is lost.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What issues can you agree on?
- How much time do we really have?
Another view
Partisan divides may be too deep to bridge effectively.
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