While 46% of retirees have just $10,000 in savings when they die, “That doesn’t mean their standard of living is very low—they might have a relatively generous pension plan, most of them will have Social Security,” said James Poterba, professor of economics at M.I.T., president of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a co-author of the study.
Don't Worry
If the fascists have their way, there won't be any pensions or savings or Social Security for anybody, so that all but the tiniest percentage of the filthy rich will die penniless:
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