@return2ozma to A Boring Dystopia • 4 months agoA boomer gets just $1,056 a month in Social Security and works as a bus driver: 'I don't see myself being able to retire, but I'm grateful and healthy'www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square19arrow-up1203arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1198arrow-down1external-linkA boomer gets just $1,056 a month in Social Security and works as a bus driver: 'I don't see myself being able to retire, but I'm grateful and healthy'www.businessinsider.com@return2ozma to A Boring Dystopia • 4 months agomessage-square19file-text
minus-squareIcebladelink-3•4 months agoBringing retirement age down really isn’t feasible when people live longer and longer. It’d likely be better to find a middle-ground, where folks can slowly reduce the hours they work as they age until retiring completely.
minus-square@Donebrachlink5•4 months agoAlso Americans are living shorter and shorter due to our healthcare system and (shocker!) wage inequality and all the problems that brings.
Bringing retirement age down really isn’t feasible when people live longer and longer. It’d likely be better to find a middle-ground, where folks can slowly reduce the hours they work as they age until retiring completely.
This is Bs. America is rich as fuck
Also Americans are living shorter and shorter due to our healthcare system and (shocker!) wage inequality and all the problems that brings.