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B Calm

(28,762 posts) Sat Nov 17, 2012, 06:41 PM Nov 2012

Lower the RETIREMENT AGE

Screw all this talk about working until you die! By lowering the full retirement age to 62, it would open millions of jobs to the unemployed. Not everyone would have to retire, but the ones that want to could!

I think Thom Hartmann called it the Cash for Geezers program!

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Lower the RETIREMENT AGE (Original Post) B Calm Nov 2012 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author liberalmuse Nov 2012 #1

Lower it to 55. liberalmuse Nov 2012 #2

Sounds good! Raise the damn cap B Calm Nov 2012 #3

Amen LiberalEsto Nov 2012 #4

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liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)

2. Lower it to 55.

Reply to B Calm (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 06:53 PM

Nov 2012

37 years of full time work while putting in a reasonable amount of money towards retirement. Then, retire with full benefits, and after that, at least 5 years of voluntary service within their communities working with youth, or the elderly, etc, etc, etc.

B Calm

(28,762 posts)

3. Sounds good! Raise the damn cap

Reply to liberalmuse (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 06:59 PM

Nov 2012

and everything will work great!

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)

4. Amen

Reply to liberalmuse (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 09:04 PM

Nov 2012

Nobody will hire older people anyway.

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