You are right. I am 32 and am totally against them raising the retirement age. They have already raised it. Have some compassion for those who do hard, manual labor...I am assuming you do not.
The rest of the options I am willing to listen to and see where they lead us.
Those who do hard labor are not forced to do it all their lives. Ballerinas and athletes aren't in the business at age 35 either. If we don't raise the retirement age and people continue to live longer than ever before, how do you propose paying people medicare and social security for 20 years, given that folks retire at 65 and die at 85?
In all due respect, Yellowdoghunter, this is irrelevant. Whether one wields a pickax, a pen, a mouse or a scalpel, no government, especially ours, should be able to dictate when it's citizens retire.
And if they weren't so spineless about SS in previous elections it wouldn't be such a hard sell to correct it now.
Barry Goldwater proposed making SS voluntary back in 1964 but of course the Democrats, along with many Republicans, were quick to see that that idea never bear fruit.
Ronald Reagan again proposed it in his Presidential run in 1976, and the Ford administration led the way in demonizing him and the proposal.