Senate should rein in states’ retirement plans, by Ramesh Ponnuru

"It’s unusual to see Republicans trying to impose regulations on state governments in order to protect workers. But that’s what they’re doing, and they have a point.

The dispute concerns private-sector workers whose employers don’t sponsor retirement-savings plans such as 401(k)s. Several state governments want to run programs for those employees, whose employers would have to automatically enroll them unless the worker opts out...."

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