#retirees — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/ie/670687/ Pension delayed? Why retirees in contributory schemes can now take the matter to consumer court #Business #ConsumerCourts #ConsumerProtection #ContributoryScheme #ContributorySchemes #DelayedPension #Éire #IE #Ireland #LegalRecourse #LegalRemedies #PensionBenefits #PensionDelays #PersonalFinance #PersonalFinance #Retiree #retirees

Someone please put this #lunatic in a straight jacket. This #felon has caused #undue and #unnecessary #turmoil and #damage to markets and #anxiety to many people like #retirees who depend upon #stable and #steady #financial environment to protect their life's #investment.

#impeach #tantrum #tariffs #stupidity

This time, the resulting clash centers on a basic question: Should federal #law require more #financial professionals to put #retirees’ needs above all else — including their own paychecks — when they offer advice about how to #invest?

In April, the #Labor Dept finalized rules that would subject a wide array of #brokers to a higher #legal standard, requiring them to act as #fiduciaries.

#law #PublicInterest #Retirement #ethics

#InsuranceLobbyists block #federal crackdown on costly [good] #retirement advice

The #FinancialServicesIndustry has blocked the #Biden admin from requiring #brokers to put #retirees’ needs first — above lucrative #commissions.

To protect older Americans’ #LifeSavings, #POTUS #JoeBiden pledged in Oct to crack down on #financial advisers who recommend #investments just because they pay higher commissions. Then the insurance industry got to work.

#law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/08/11/insurance-lobbyists-block-fiduciary-rule/

And in southern #Maine, retirees are making their voices heard!

#ElderActivists join forces to combat #ClimateChange

#ThirdActMaine, made up of retirees, is making itself seen and heard in its effort to get companies to divest in #FossilFuel companies.

Posted December 12, 2023
Mikayla Patel, The Forecaster

“'We don’t know how our actions will affect things, but it’s important to be out there and forming community around this issue,' [retiree Bill Rixon] said. 'Being out there on the sidewalk, I’ve found, is really good for my soul.'

"Part of the idea behind the group, he said, is that #retirees are in a better position to put themselves at risk of #arrest.

"'We don’t have to worry about our employment record being sullied by being arrested,' Rixon said, though the group has no intention or expectation of being arrested.

"'The goal is to hopefully urge #corporations to do the right thing,' he said."

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2023/12/12/elder-activists-join-forces-to-combat-climate-change/

#EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists #BigOilAndGas #Divest

@JuanWild
#DeSantis' wife's jacket: #Florida is "where woke goes to die."

#Woke
#Retirees
Young black men carrying Skittles & Iced Tea (#Travon).
#Antivaxers

Florida has become synonymous with "Death".