[ex-snook]

What nerve these geezers have living when they should be dead. Wonder what the expected age to die is today? Should the retirement age be 85 or 90 for today's workers so they don't drain their children [or in many of the cases someone else's children because they only have one child]. Besides I could pay for my own health insurance if only I did not have to pay school taxes.

[45Auto]

Should the retirement age be 85 or 90 for today's workers...

That is exactly the way the vermin in Congress are going to "reform" SS. That coupled with increases in the SS "quota" every year. Soon, only those reaching the age of 85 will be eligible for "benefits"; that way, all the SS money stolen can simply be rolled-over into the general tax revenue pot and spent on other socialist projects. I wonder when the next revolution will start?

[Atlas Sneezed]

What nerve these geezers have living when they should be dead. Wonder what the expected age to die is today? Should the retirement age be 85 or 90 for today's workers so they don't drain their children

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Your exaggeration aside, if the system is to be sustained, and generationally equitable, then the retirement age should be adusted annually to ensure that it is self-funding on an annual basis. No "trust fund" for Congress to spend. If you are in a boom generation, you retire a few years later. If in a bust generation, you retire a few years sooner. And since you know from birth whether you are in a boom or bust, you have ample time to save, if you prefer not to have a delayed retirement.

Retiring early is nifty, but not if it is enabled by stealing from workers who have no hope of retiring anywhere near that early.

[paul51]

Besides I could pay for my own health insurance if only I did not have to pay school taxes

LOL. That's pretty good.