tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post4967948334216194213..comments2024-03-28T08:46:23.069-04:00Comments on Social Security News: There's No Fountain Of YouthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-49352754955068430462016-01-12T15:45:13.534-05:002016-01-12T15:45:13.534-05:00Expecting people to work longer because they live ...Expecting people to work longer because they live longer overlooks the very real prejudice of employers against older workers. I don't see any recognition of this fact in any analysis of raising the full retirement age. I'd like to hear this elephant in the room roar. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-13568171452155735952016-01-11T09:36:16.037-05:002016-01-11T09:36:16.037-05:00As it stands now, my FRA is 67. I fully expect th...As it stands now, my FRA is 67. I fully expect that it will move to 70 as well as my Medicare eligibility. That is if they let the program survive that long. I see no future in it and my retirement planning at this stage does not include any money from SSA. I firmly believe I will have been ripped off my entire working life by the program.<br /><br />Nothing in the last 15 years tells me there will not be an increase in FRA or Medicare eligibility age, all indicators point to raising both ages to reduce the amount of spending on both. There is no future for the next generation of recipients. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-56032585670058043122016-01-10T13:16:16.827-05:002016-01-10T13:16:16.827-05:00Omit infant and juvenile mortality of early 20th c...Omit infant and juvenile mortality of early 20th century and average life expectancy has grown very little since Social Security's inception. Every time I hear the issue of raising FRA based on data tied to life expectancy at birth I cringe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-76749966053967632572016-01-10T08:37:22.429-05:002016-01-10T08:37:22.429-05:00"The fact that people live longer does not me..."The fact that people live longer does not mean that they don't age." <br /><br />That may be the most overlooked obvious fact I've ever come across. Seriously, it should be the first response to anyone spouting off about retirement ages. It's so right in front of us we just overlook it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com