I’m all for it. we’re living longer and healthier. adjust to the times.
You are welcome to be all for it. I am not.
Forget fixing it. END IT!!!
How about 80? Or 90? The point is to make sure as few collect SS as possible, isn’t it?
it amazes me that a politco....most of them never having worked an honest days work ever, want others who do to work til they drop dead..
working til 70 will mean you pay in for many more years and the chances of ever getting anything you paid in back are severely diminished...of course, thats' the whole charade...
I don’t disagree with your point. That being said i can see a few problems that an elected rep might not see in light of the fact that mr Byrd was gainfuly employed until 92.
Will companies be willing to keep a 69 or 70 yr old on their payroll?
With no job creation what happens to high school and college grads with even fewer jobs available as older workers stay even longer in the work force?
Should pushing back the age one qualifies for SS suddenly turn the projections around will the govt decide they can spend any savings from that as they have looted the program all these years?
Finally,the biggie. Govt employees get pensions,in many cases big fat ones. They don’t rely on SS to put food in their mouths or keep a roof over their heads. Will that be adressed? Will they be forced to live like the rest of (the non unionized) society?
I personally would have no problem working longer just to make that clear.
Look at the obit's lately? Baby-boomers are dropping like flies.
I think the whole "living longer" thing is a myth....perpetrated by gov. types and other elitists who like to control the message for THEIR benefit.
This plan by Senator Bonehead is pure selfishness, he hasn't a clue of what it's like to grow old in the real world. It's a stinking canard that people live longer and healthier. People are not living longer and healthier. There are medicines that keep people alive longer but this does not mean they don't still suffer from all the ills and infirmaties of old age. As you age you get those inevetable things like arthritis, hardening of the arteries, heart trouble, high blood pressure, lack of energy, problems remembering, frequent visits to the bathroom, a gradual loss of eyesight and hearing, loss of reflexes. You tire quickly, have developed bad joints that cause chronic pain, ability to handle stress is diminished, you've likely had several surgeries and long illnesses that have drained you, you're not nearly as strong as you once were, you simply need retirement, not more work. Forcing elderly to work until they're 70 will surely put many into an otherwise early grave, (which, I'm sure, is the plan here anyway).
The "ME generation" will put its elderly six feet under, without any qualms, so they can have more for themselves. But what goes around comes around, they too will age and find out that old age isn't what they were told, and hence they will screw themselves in the end. A fitting end for them too, imho.
There may be some who age slowly, such as Senators who don't do squat and have the best health care on earth, and who take frequent vacations, but most people have worked hard all their lives, raised their children, fought the wars, built the nation and paid their dues, and need rest as life draws to a conclusion, not Doctor Bohner's prescription of work till you die.
No fn way. Companies are not hiring 58 year olds nevermind 60,65,68 year olds. Where are all these 65 year olds going to work?
Might be ok if there wasn’t a gray ceiling. Harder than hell to find a decent job after 55 or so.