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Double the retirement savings limit for married couples

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 18, p. 588. Written by Jonathan Berry.

Double the retirement savings limit for married couples

The document says “shouldWho acts: CongressHow: legislationp. 588 in the PDF
What the document says

“the limit for married couples on 401(k) and similar workbased retirement savings accounts should be double the limit for individuals”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 588

The chapter frames this as equalizing access to tax-free retirement saving for married couples regardless of how work is divided between them, so that a couple with one earner is not limited relative to a couple with two.

What the document actually says

“the limit for married couples on 401(k) and similar workbased retirement savings accounts should be double the limit for individuals”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 588
That sentence, in plain words

A married couple should be able to save twice what one person can.

What this is about

Workers can save a set amount for retirement each year, tax free. If only one partner works, the couple saves less. The book says a couple should get double.

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