The government's Railroad Retirement program is a clear anomaly in the U.S. economic landscape. The program taxes … Security, Railroad Retirement had been funded on a pay-as-you-go basis, with Trust Fund assets invested in government bonds. In … Railroad Retirement assets in equities, similar to private-sector pension funds. Despite opposition in Washington from those …

longer and birth rates have declined. Postponing the full retirement age (FRA), when retirees are entitled to full pension …

The primary concern of Congress in enacting the Railroad Retirement and Survivor’s Improvement Act of 2001 was the risk …