The first response of all too many out there to the 401(k) situation has been to blame the victim, though they go about it in different ways.

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Unfortunately, politicians prefer the blame-the-victim game, so they attack the companies instead of solving the underlying problem (and then they wonder why job creation is anemic).

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No matter what the circumstances may be, the victim is never to blame.

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In coming days, Rhode Islanders will follow the unfolding news from Brazil with a sense of queasy deja vu -- the rising body counts, the victim identification process, the grieving families, and the assigning (and dodging) of blame.

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He responded with unsupported charges that the Perry campaign had planted the news, that his accusers were gold-diggers, that he was a victim of racism, and that the media were to blame.

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