"For people who are in their 20s, their life expectancy will probably be 85 to 90. Does it really make sense to allow someone who's in their 20s today to retire at 62?"
— Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) on why we should talk about changes to Social Security and Medicare
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Kennedy may eventually be right, but for the record: "Life expectancy at birth in the United States declined nearly a year from 2020 to 2021 ... That decline – 77.0 to 76.1 years – took U.S. life expectancy at birth to its lowest level since 1996."
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It should also be noted, per the Social Security Administration, "you are entitled to full benefits when you reach your full retirement age. If you delay taking your benefits from your full retirement age up to age 70, your benefit amount will increase."
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“Keep ‘em workin in the field” basically
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When are the people in this country going to stand up to this and say ENOUGH???
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Generation X has to work until 67 before they get benefits; so what is he droning on about?
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He's wrong about a lot of things but he's not wrong about this. SS needs an honest discussion on long term sustainability. Now how we sure up SS is the honest debate we need to have.
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Does that honesty include the unfairness of the younger generation that can’t even afford houses paying into a system that they won’t even reap the benefits of for the sake of the generation that bought their houses right outta their cheaply priced college?
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Yeah I bet the youth of this country in 2024 will love these rich white men telling them they will have to forgo the retirement age that their parents had and will have to work just a few years longer before they can retire. After 22 midterms republicans need to stop repulsing… Show more
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