Disagree. Retirees are working people their entire lives.
But as for a flat tax, exempt just the first $x for reasonable survival purposes and yes you could certainly sell it. Including to me.
“Disagree. Retirees are working people their entire lives.”
Disagree. Normally “working people” are considered as the people earning some kind of pay for work they are doing all the time - as in paying job.
Only 20% of those over 65 have employment from earned income
But only 23% of retirees have social security as their only income.
The numbers suggest that there are a greater number of people getting social security and some other income, who are getting that income from private retirement plans and other means, than the numbers getting that additional income from paid work. I am in that former category as are most retired folks I know.