Reply #33

In the discussion thread: Lower Social Security Eligibility to 55; Raise Benefits By 15% [View all]

Response to 1-Old-Man (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 10, 2012, 01:56 PM

hedgehog (30,429 posts)

33. +1

Reply to this post

Back to OP Alert abuse Link to post in-thread

Always highlight: 10 newest replies | Replies posted after I mark a forum

Replies to this discussion thread

60 replies	Author	Time	Post
Lower Social Security Eligibility to 55; Raise Benefits By 15% [View all]	ProSense	Aug 2012	OP
Works for me.	1-Old-Man	Aug 2012	#1
+1	hedgehog	Aug 2012	#33
A lot of people get their health insurance through work, so unless you also move the age for	still_one	Aug 2012	#2
Just moving Medicare eligibility to 50	Patiod	Aug 2012	#3
You really think people will want to start their own businesses at 50?	dkf	Aug 2012	#14
You're thinking "entrepreneur" and I'm thinking consultant	Patiod	Aug 2012	#17
“... the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity belongs to the 55-64 age group."	acamp	Aug 2012	#20
Is that when they start their entrepreneurship or the only ones left?	dkf	Aug 2012	#43
Starting a business	acamp	Aug 2012	#59
You also get to the point where you realize it's far riskier putting your fate...	acamp	Aug 2012	#60
Hell yes, they would.	Jackpine Radical	Aug 2012	#29
Right. All that intellectual capital should be squandered.	Scuba	Aug 2012	#35
I started my own business at 44	Lydia Leftcoast	Aug 2012	#55
+1. The problem is health insurance, not SS.	Dawgs	Aug 2012	#4
The problem is both. n/t	FourScore	Aug 2012	#5
The	ProSense	Aug 2012	#7
Interesting. There's all kinds of good stuff "buried" in ACA.	Hoyt	Aug 2012	#8
Fact sheet says only 31% of employers are providing benefits to retirees.	dkf	Aug 2012	#9
That	ProSense	Aug 2012	#12
Can be but will be?	dkf	Aug 2012	#16
What nonsense.	ProSense	Aug 2012	#18
That program is out of money	antigop	Aug 2012	#24
Solution:	ProSense	Aug 2012	#26
That bill hasn't gone anywhere and I don't expect it to go anywhere n/t	antigop	Aug 2012	#41
You went from	ProSense	Aug 2012	#47
It wasn't a "silly point" -- it was a fact -- the program is out of money	antigop	Aug 2012	#50
Besides, the whole program is a stupid idea.	antigop	Aug 2012	#42
Your comment	ProSense	Aug 2012	#46
My comments make perfect sense if you understand how the ERRP worked. n/t	antigop	Aug 2012	#49
Early Retirement	Chef	Aug 2012	#6
No one should be forced to retire who doesn't want to, and who can still do	kestrel91316	Aug 2012	#10
I was forced to retire because of a layoff.	RebelOne	Aug 2012	#40
The formula reduces benefits for every month of early retirement.	dkf	Aug 2012	#11
Then boost it by whatever makes sense.	ProSense	Aug 2012	#15
Do you know how much you need to save to retire comfortably?	dkf	Aug 2012	#19
Well	ProSense	Aug 2012	#21
Too many don't think things through.	dkf	Aug 2012	#25
Yeah,	ProSense	Aug 2012	#30
I did think things through and I am underwater right now!	CreekDog	Aug 2012	#31
+1,000. Thanks for that.	freshwest	Aug 2012	#39
That 2 million figure is way out of touch with reality...median income in the US is around 46,000	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2012	#57
I think it'd be politically impossible to make it temporary.	Kaleva	Aug 2012	#28
Wait 13 more years please.	ileus	Aug 2012	#13
....And the way to finance this is...	EdinGA	Aug 2012	#22
Senator Tom Harkin, democrat!	Citizen Worker	Aug 2012	#23
Makes no sense at all.	upaloopa	Aug 2012	#27
Where did you get this 'force people to retire' meme?	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2012	#56
The idea was to raise the amount of social security paid and people retire at 55 so younger people	upaloopa	Aug 2012	#58
Instead of bailing out the banks,	penndragon69	Aug 2012	#32
I like it	Lefty Thinker	Aug 2012	#34
Thom Hartman also suggests lowering S.S. age eligibility.	chknltl	Aug 2012	#36
I've been saying this for ages	mcar	Aug 2012	#37
Sounds like a great idea and one that would actually help the economy.	sabrina 1	Aug 2012	#38
HUGE K & R !!!	WillyT	Aug 2012	#44
Yes!	truebluegreen	Aug 2012	#45
it's another measure of how corrupt Washington is that they have discussed doing the exact opposite	yurbud	Aug 2012	#48
My husband would retire today if he got full benefits.	CrispyQ	Aug 2012	#51
What about folks who want to continue to work past 55?	MadHound	Aug 2012	#52
Those who want to work would have that option. There would just be another option.	Bluenorthwest	Aug 2012	#53
We pay for this by taxing the rich.	TBF	Aug 2012	#54

Edit History

Please login to view edit histories.