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But with a rate of return of 1.6 percent or less, or a negative rate of return, our children and our grandchildren, if we do not make changes, will in fact not have a secure retirement. Indeed, they will not have the funds when they go to retire to even minimally get by.

John Shadegg

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John Shadegg
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 22
Former U.S. Representative
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Phoenix
Arizona
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