The attachment is easier to read through a browser but is the core part is perfectly clear. If we don't act, those at universities get screwed, once again. A community will evolve only when the people control their means of communication. The attachment is in htm format and so might better be viewed from netscape. The House proposal would reverse this careful and deliberate decision reached in 1986.
Retirement savings are now tax-exempt for all workers.
To impose a tax arbitrarily only on the retirement plan for the academic community is unfair. Tell them what revoking TIAA-CREF's tax exemption would mean, and ask for their help in defeating the proposal. And please write or call Representative Bill Archer, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means to let him know what this most unfortunate proposal would cost you and your families.