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To: brytlea; qam1
With us living longer, it actually doesn’t seem like a good idea for many people to retire at 55. In fact, if I’m healthy at 65 I will still work.

That sure makes it hell for the younger guys to get promotions and paychecks that come with more responsibility. With the top end occupied, we have to wait until somebody dies to get a promotion or a raise.

That makes it hell to start a family and buy a house....

Do we wonder why guys in their 30s have a lower real-wage than their fathers?

28 posted on 08/02/2007 9:04:24 PM PDT by Cogadh na Sith (Taking my organs to hell with me....)
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To: Cogadh na Sith; ItsOurTimeNow; PresbyRev; Fraulein; StoneColdGOP; Clemenza; m18436572; ...
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Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social (and sometimes nostalgic) aspects that directly effects Generation Reagan / Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.

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40 posted on 08/03/2007 6:11:43 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Cogadh na Sith

Oh great. Well, I suppose I should just die when I reach 65. That way I won’t be in anyone’s *way* whose trying to reach the top (unlikely, since I’m a female teacher) and I won’t be a drain on the kids either. Sheesh. You sound bitter, and I’m sorry for that, but get a grip.
susie


42 posted on 08/03/2007 7:16:20 AM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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