BusinessWeek Friday, January 14, 2005
年金の話。･･･在米日本人の私はSOCIAL SECURITYを年金としては見ることはあまりないんだけど。
"To give America's struggling seniors a lifeline out of poverty, Franklin D. Roosevelt 70 years ago established the Social Security system. The program was never intended to be particularly generous -- and even after increases over the decades, the average check totals just $14,000 a year. Yet Social Security remains a mainstay for America's 36 million seniors; two out of three of them count on it for half their income."