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In reply to the discussion: For people talking about having a 50 year old retirement age [View all]dkf
(37,305 posts)63. It's not even about retirement.
Most people work because they need to, not because it is enjoyable and makes a person feel self worth.
Give me $10 million and I'll retire right now and enjoy life just because I can.
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Back when my husband retired, during the Clinton years, many of the retirees we met
Cleita
May 2012
#10
Please make a thread about this so I can rec it. It deserves to be discussed AT LENGTH.
Zalatix
May 2012
#33
I think what you said is probably the worst indictment of western civilization I've read here.
Selatius
May 2012
#68
The wealth isn't being hoarded by baby boomers, it's being hoarded by the Plutocracy.
Zalatix
May 2012
#34
i was with you until "it's all hogged by the baby boomers in their late 50s".
HiPointDem
May 2012
#71
I don't have a job to have self worth. I trade my labor to pay for things.
OmahaBlueDog
May 2012
#21
If it were distributed properly (to everyone according to need).........
socialist_n_TN
May 2012
#24
the entire concept of "self-worth" comes from without. it's a concept given to us by our society
HiPointDem
May 2012
#75
I retired at 62 and I am not bored. I don't know how I ever found the time to work.
doc03
May 2012
#23
When I used to see stories on the late news about little old ladies found dead in their
Booster
May 2012
#26
Yes. There is plenty of time between age 50 and dying amongst cat food cans
Luminous Animal
May 2012
#62
People don't need to feel like they have worth if they can have fun and sit on their asses.
dkf
May 2012
#27
yep. rich people don't have to worry about their self-worth. their money makes it irrelevant.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#76
A person's self-worth is not determined by how much money they make for the capitalists...
Comrade_McKenzie
May 2012
#30
Why would being retired make one feel worthless, unless their self worth was derived from work?
TheKentuckian
May 2012
#58
a prolonged period of unemployment has actually led me to believe that most jobs are worthless,
HiPointDem
May 2012
#74
Let me explain. When one can retire at 50, one has more worth than those who must continue to labor
Bluenorthwest
May 2012
#86