Young Americans might not get full Social Security retirement benefits until they reach age 70 if some trial balloons that prominent lawmakers of both parties are floating become law.
No one who's slated to receive benefits in the next decade or two is likely to be affected, but there's a gentle, growing and unusually bipartisan push to raise the retirement age for full Social Security benefits for people born in the 1960s and after. ...
Raising the age eventually to 70 could prove to be politically acceptable because it wouldn't have an immediate social impact, but it would demonstrate that politicians are resolute enough to mend one of the government's most popular social programs and to tackle the national debt. ...
"For awhile, there's been a consensus among economists that raising the retirement age makes a lot of sense," said Richard Johnson , a senior fellow and the director of the Retirement Policy Program at the Urban Institute , a Washington research group. ...
"There are some incredible ramifications to raising the age," said Barbara Kennelly , the president of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare . "Not everyone can work until they're 70."
Jul 10, 2010
Surprise -- Policymakers Who Work In Air-Conditioned Offices Don't Care About Blue Collar Workers
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People worrying about 67 to 70 year old blue collar workers not being able to keep working and, therefore, losing benefits seem to forget about disability claims.
How many cases of blue collar workers age 67 and up do you think would ultimately be lost in a claim for disability twenty years from now.
Well, I looked for a listing for "worn out," and didn't see one....
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