For every year worked beyond 55, two years of life span are lost! (Chart inside)

A FRiend ^ | 06.28.02 | Registered

[Bounceback]

""Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young." – Fred Astaire

Apparently Fred Astaire was speaking of early retiring Boeing employees.

Yet, according to a recent report issued by the National Institute on Aging, the life expectancy for Americans who have reached the age of 65 is now on average an additional 18 years. 35 million people in the United States are 65 or older, and by 2030, it is estimated that the over-65 group will consist of 70 million American people.

[Demosthenes]

maybe boeing is just that stressful. My grandfather is 85 and still works....and just celebrated his 60th wedding anniversary....gimmie that kind of longevity any day....

[morjon]

My brother-in-law Eddie has NEVER worked a day in his life...does this mean he'll live FOREVER?

[mo]

That how SS started. In 1935 the average age of death was 62 for men, 65 for women...congress saw the whole thing as a great PR stunt.

[steve-b]

Not to mention the likelihood that people who are sickly already tend to retire ASAP because work is more of a strain for them.

[Scribe35]

Since the age of death line and the retirement age line converge somewhere around 67, obviously those who retire after 67 are dead before they leave the job. Must be a real problem for productivity.

[mikeb704]

As President Reagan used to say:

"It’s true, hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?"

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

[jlogajan]

My brother-in-law Eddie has NEVER worked a day in his life...does this mean he'll live FOREVER?

But if he gets his first job at Boeing when he is 65, he will be dead within a year.

[steve-b]

LOL! "Anybody who doesn't believe in the resurrection of the dead should see this place at five o'clock."

[steve-b]

My brother-in-law Eddie has NEVER worked a day in his life...does this mean he'll live FOREVER?

How about people like Clowntoon, who blow (so to speak) the time they are nominally on the job? Do they live forever too?

[WaterDragon]

Nothing here to indicate the income levels of each retirement age which might be enlightening

[FITZ]

Same here. I think this is completely made up. People who continue working ---like my grandfather did until he was 84 live longer and healthier lives. I know people who retired early, ran out of money and do nothing but sit watching TV until they die, those who keep working have money to travel and stay active.

[PeterPrinciple]

Registered gratiously posted this for me as I can do words but not pictures yet.

I received this from a friend and like you, believe all data is suspect, but data should lead to questions and questions should lead to the truth.

All I know is that I WANT TO BELIEVE IT AND WANT MY WIFE TO BELIEVE IT so that I can retire early and be done with the bs.

It does raise questions though. Are conservatives in a better position to retire early? If so, when they do retire will they have more time than they do now to get more actively involved? Time is a big constraint in everyones life. Seems like liberals have a lot of time to promote their lies.

Hey, onions and garlic are pretty high on the food pyramid at our house. But an onions work is never done.

[litehaus]

PETER PRINCIPLE!!! Haven't seen THAT ONE in years. Altho I see it everyday in action.........

[PeterPrinciple]

It true now more than ever and I keep practicing creative incompetence so I don't get promoted.

[shortstop]

If I follow the math on this one, logic says that if you work until you are 68, you will die at age 63.

[Republic If You Can Keep It]

Does anyone know whether Boeing published this, or if it came from an outside source?

If this is based on the actual mailing of pension checks, ending at a person's death, the data are hard to dismiss.

[avg_freeper]

It might just be the engineer in me, overanalyzing this, but the curve looks a little hokey.

I believe it is just a sinusoidal equation superimposed upon a linear equation. And I have heard about this being presented before as a Rockwell study. (yea. I know Rockwell is Boeing now)

Of course, starting that lama ranch in Wyoming is sounding better.

[TXFireman]

ping

[taxcontrol]

While the data is so selective as to be worthless, it does raise an interesting question. I'm also aware that minorities (in particular black males) have a shorter lifespan (for as yet undetermined reasons). It would be interesting to see what the net effect of retirement at age factored by race, income level, and location.

One possible use of this would be to mount an arguement for private retirement accounts because the "system" is so biased against anyone reaching retirement age.

Another possible use would be to mount an effort to reduce the retirement age for minorities or others who are "disadvantaged"

This can easily be a double edged sword.