The two obvious choices are to trim benefits and/or increase taxes, but there are still tough decisions to make.
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Converting to a Roth IRA doesn't eliminate uncertainty about future tax rates.
It's no big deal. We'll still eat junk food but maybe we'll cut back a bit.
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