Former President Gerald Ford signed the Metric Conversion Act 50 years ago. However, he did not make metric adoption mandatory, and the efforts fell flat.

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Converting a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA after age 60 can offer tax-free withdrawals, a tax-free inheritance for beneficiaries, and no required minimum distributions, all of which provide tax ...