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Washington Post: Older Americans Return to Work
Breitbart ^ | 05/06/2022 | Neil Munro

Posted on 05/06/2022 6:21:52 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Vaccines, better workplace conditions, and higher wages are encouraging older people to get back into the workforce, so undermining business demands for more migrants.

“The percentage of retirees returning to work has picked up momentum in recent months, hitting a pandemic high of 3.2 percent in March,” according to a May 5 Washington Post article that relies on data from Indeed.com. The Post continued:

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: americans; labor; older; return; work; workplace
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The lady at the company I work at that's been there for 40 years and she is not planning on retiring anytime soon. She's only 60.
1 posted on 05/06/2022 6:21:52 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I retired eight years ago and have no desire or intention of ever going back to work. Besides, I would never be able to find the time for a job.


2 posted on 05/06/2022 6:23:28 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: AlaskaErik

Hey Erik. I’ll go back to work. You just go first.


3 posted on 05/06/2022 6:26:32 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The higher cost of living, not the vaccines.


4 posted on 05/06/2022 6:27:58 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I suppose gasoline at 3x what it was just 18 months ago; food about 2x higher, increased inflation, higher electricity and utility bills - all had NOTHING to do with these people returning to work

The crash of the stock market and the loss of income on their retirement investments had nothing to do with the idea of giving up on their retirement dreams as well

Sympathy for the patriots

Those retired Democrats deserve as much misery as they can get in their “golden years”. No sympathy and nothing but contempt. They voted Democratic and destroyed all of us


5 posted on 05/06/2022 6:30:41 PM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Yeah, 40% inflation will tend to do that.


6 posted on 05/06/2022 6:31:10 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Note the very first word. Typical leftist propaganda.

No one is going back to work for a "vaccine."

That's why a whole lot of people quit, you raging dimwits.

7 posted on 05/06/2022 6:31:28 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: GnuThere

Yep.


8 posted on 05/06/2022 6:34:21 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Miss you Rush!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Inflation might have something to do with it too.


9 posted on 05/06/2022 6:35:09 PM PDT by DannyTN
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"I suppose gasoline at 3x what it was just 18 months ago; food about 2x higher, increased inflation, higher electricity and utility bills - all had NOTHING to do with these people returning to work."

Yeah, I think maybe by this time next year we'll all be look for work.. :(

10 posted on 05/06/2022 6:41:24 PM PDT by unread (Everything you ever thought was right, fair and just is completely wrong..... I think..(?))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I’m going back this summer after 4 years off. I’ll pry work another 5 years just to save as much as possible before the robots take over.


11 posted on 05/06/2022 6:42:29 PM PDT by Prince of Space ( Let’s go, Brandon!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Older workers are in demand...they actually know how to work.


12 posted on 05/06/2022 6:43:51 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I went back to work after a hiatus. The kids don’t want to work so now orgs and corps value us again.


13 posted on 05/06/2022 6:50:43 PM PDT by StolarStorm
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To: RoosterRedux

My friends work is good for you. Those that can work 20 hours/wk should. Keeps them busy. They can counsel younger workers in life and finance. Me? F—k that!


14 posted on 05/06/2022 6:51:42 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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> Vaccines, better workplace conditions, and higher wages are encouraging older people to get back into the workforce... <

Yeah, that pretty much tells the whole story. It has nothing to do with Biden’s roaring inflation - inflation that makes it difficult for many seniors to pay their heating bills or the grocery tab.

/s


15 posted on 05/06/2022 6:52:40 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: RoosterRedux

The company from which I retired two years ago recently sent out an email inviting retirees to apply for work (not me specifically). I’ll pass.


16 posted on 05/06/2022 6:53:04 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Older workers are going back to work because of Biden’s lovely economy.


17 posted on 05/06/2022 6:53:44 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: TornadoAlley3

Exactly. Inflation eating up their retirement money.


18 posted on 05/06/2022 6:56:17 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Lizavetta

Work is fine. It’s the idiots that run the companies. They take every incentive out of doing a good job.


19 posted on 05/06/2022 6:59:16 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: AlaskaErik

I would guess many people are going back to work because their investments have tanked under the current group of hateful a**ho**s on the left, and they feel less secure than they are comfortable with. I can’t imagine ever retiring - God willing that I stay healthy. The world is way too unstable, and at this point it’s about whatever stability I can give to those I love.


20 posted on 05/06/2022 7:08:13 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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