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Originally Posted by JoelJohnson
10,000 "baby boomers" turn 65 EVERY day! And will for a long time.
When SS was started, the avg life of a man was only 63!
To make SS last all they have to do is raise the full retirement age for anyone under 50 by a year or two.
The biggest problem is Medicare.
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I'm a younger baby boomer (born in 1960), so my age to collect full SS is 67. Oh please don't raise it another year. But I guess if that is what it takes to make SS last, I will just have to suck it up...
Luckily my dad was able to retire at age 62. He turned 83 in May, so it has been 21 years since he retired, but he earned every minute of his retirement after spending 40 years working in a meat packing plant. At work I sit (most of the day) working at a computer or attending meetings so there is no comparison between my dad's physically demanding job and my mostly sedentary job.