[Beagle8U]

“This requires, of course, some combination of increasing the retirement age and means-testing all recipients, at a minimum.”

There is a limit to how much the retirement age could be raised on those that actually work for a living. I doubt it could be raised at all for those workers.

There are only so many walmart greeter jobs.

[DuncanWaring]

That’s why I said that raising the retirement age makes the unemployment problem worse.

No matter what anyone does, much unpleasantness lies ahead.