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Age wars.
We all think we are right.
I saw one poster and obvious retired teacher used the term fair contract. Fair to who? We are the people who paid for the contract by TAXES PAID. A teacher will claim income. Income does not count the fact that they do not work 52 weeks a year or the value of the pension, medical care etc. Oh and the money to pay you came from my pocket. My ability to save to pay MY BILLS now that I am retired and living not on a pension but on savings that were taxed before being saved and are taxed yet again on stock dividends or bond interest.
An age forced retirement age. The concept came about when FDR put in social security. Retiring people at 65 opened up jobs, that were is short supply during the depression, for others unemployed.
Perhaps, how we got here expecting government to manage things. My view on this issue. Our current tax system was drawn to discourage people from being on social security and working.
With a labor shortage, perhaps as in WWII the nation made it heroic for woman to work and then when the war ended expected lucy the riveter to quit and give her job to a man.
A bit of public relations and tax adjustment and the US could discover an unseen labor force to fill our labor shortage.
Fair, a term we regularly use is not at all clear. It always depends on who is looking at the issue AND FEW DARE TO SEE THE FACTS.