[Obadiah]

I read somewhere that in order to return SS back to the original retirement age, we would have to set the SS start of benefits to something like 78 years old.

Exactly, because the average life expectancy is 79!

Where is all that money I sent off to the government to invest for my retirement? *rhetorical*

[Herodes]

The life expectancy for Americans DECREASED for the second year in a row.

For men, the number is now 76.1 years. Women are 81.1.