[quote=poorgradstudent] There has been a pretty steady march of corporations continuing to screw over the little guy buy cutting benefits and perks like pensions (although some companies do have pretty sweet matching for their 401k plans). [/quote]

All benefits including pension & perks are part of compensation. As harvey put it: stockholders of companies have become more alert to the consequences of such long term plans. The debates on this site indicates that only a few taxpayers have gotten wise to it so far.

The little guy is so busy screwing himself (or herself) that not much contribution is needed from the corporations in this department. What else you call folks who prefer to buy IPads before saving up for a rainy day? On basis can somebody with a negative net-worth, $0 in retirement funds think they need an entertainment device?
And they vote, actually they might be the majority of the population.