21.   Stepping up the attack, Kerry pounds on the Republican president for short-changing education, child care, Medicaid, and retirement security.

22.   That often leaves them in low-wage jobs with few benefits and inadequate retirement security.

23.   The Democrats should realize that their political future and the national interest in expanding education, health care and retirement security are one and the same.

24.   The impact on savings of this increased individual responsibility for retirement security has been significant, Hale points out.

25.   The index fund should trudge through the decades nicely, giving you the solid growth that will provide the bedrock of your retirement security.

26.   The low-income earners hardest hit by this tax are especially in need of a chance to make some true headway into retirement security.

27.   The more important question is, have they been successful in providing the type of retirement security that people need?

28.   The other big issues include education, retirement security and fighting crime.

29.   The pension initiatives announced Friday are part of a broader strategy of emphasizing that retirement security should include savings apart from Social Security, officials said.

30.   The Petersons want us to work together to improve public education, strengthen their retirement security, modernize Medicare and strengthen and modernize our national defenses.