Someone here educated me last week on life expectancy numbers. They are much higher now because the infant mortality rate is so much lower. If your life expectancy figures for today and a hundred years ago only inlude people who make it to, say, age 18, people really are not living all that much longer.
Heck, the bible says the life of a man is 70 years. Those that don’t die in childhood, that is.
RE: If your life expectancy figures for today and a hundred years ago only inlude people who make it to, say, age 18, people really are not living all that much longer.
Krauthhammer assumes that people can continue to work till way pass 65 and THEIR COMPANIES WILL CONTINUE TO EMPLOY THEM.
Does he not udnerstand that there is RAMPANT AGEISM IN AMERICA where when a company wants to cut cost, the ones who get layed off first are those in their mid or late 50’s?
Trying looking for another job and competing with people in their 30’s after you get laid off and let’s see if you can do it....
A minority can, but on average, it will be extremely difficult.
Let’s say the age by which one can claim SS is now increased to 70... what if you get laid off at 65 and are trying to find a job? What company or business will even consider hiring you at that age?
In the meantime, you should have been eligible for SS but have to wait 5 more years to get it. Is that what Americans will have to look forward to from now on?
Here's some more info: yes, infant mortality rates are part of the explanation; but the biggest contributor to longevity from the 1930s to the present has been antibiotics. Almost everyone used to die of infections like pneumonia. Now they survive those infections. It is a very direct correlation.
cuban leaf: Heck, the bible says the life of a man is 70 years. Those that don’t die in childhood, that is.
bm - nor in the womb!