• meco03211@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Technically retirement age is 65 (might have moved to 67). But don’t worry, Republicans have proposed moving the retirement agree to 75. That’d really cut down on the senators past retirement age and they don’t even have to retire!

        • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Having a retirement age of 67 should be seen as a complete failure of our society. Boeing did a study that found if their employees retired at 55, then they collected retirement benefits on average for 25 years - dying at 80 years old.

          However, those that retired at 65 only collected retirement benefits for 2 years 18 months - dying at 67. Basically meaning that for every year you work past 55, you’re missing out on 2 years of retirement (working an extra year and also taking a year off your life).

          A retirement age of 67 is basically the same as having no retirement age at all. It’s just a “fuck you, work till you die.”

          Edit: Seems like this might not be true

          • doctordevice@lemm.ee
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            1 year ago

            Couldn’t this just be an indirect way of saying people with more money live longer? Retiring at 55 means you’re pretty well off, retiring at 67 likely means you couldn’t afford to retire early. Less money means lower ability to afford healthy food and medical care.

            • HughJanus@lemmy.ml
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              1 year ago

              Let’s just go ahead and dispense with this nonsense that healthy food is “expensive”. The produce section at the grocery store is incredibly inexpensive. You can get a whole single serving meal for $1-3.

  • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    If we do an age limit it should be scientifically defined, something like the statistical average age at which mental decline due to old age has set in. Wording it like that will allow the exact age to be flexible with the times if say longevity increases or a generation is born into such harsh environmental conditions that it lowers the average cognitive ability at a younger age than expected.

  • Gamey@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    You can’t vote for the first 18 years, why not do the same based on the average life expectancy? That would even add a incentive for older politicians to improve medical care for all!