The Biden Administration’s ERISA Work-Around

The Biden Administration’s ERISA Work-Around
President Joe Biden walks on the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One in Washington on Feb. 14, 2022. Biden returned to Washington after spending the weekend at Camp David. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo
Rupert Darwall
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Commentary

Rising inflation threatens the value of Americans’ retirement savings. Now the Biden administration is finalizing a rule to loosen safeguards under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) that protect private retirement savings.

Rupert Darwall
Rupert Darwall
Author
Rupert Darwall is a senior fellow of the RealClear Foundation and author of the books “The Age of Global Warming: A History,” “Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex,” and “Going Through the Motions: The Industrial Strategy Green Paper.” Darwall also authored the reports “The Climate Noose: Business, Net Zero, and the IPCC’s Anti-Capitalism,” “Capitalism, Socialism and ESG,” “Climate-Risk Disclosure: A Flimsy Pretext for a Green Power Grab,” “The Anti-Development Bank: The World Bank’s Regressive Energy Policies,” and “The Folly of Climate Leadership.”
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