This plan by Senator Bonehead is pure selfishness, he hasn't a clue of what it's like to grow old in the real world. It's a stinking canard that people live longer and healthier. People are not living longer and healthier. There are medicines that keep people alive longer but this does not mean they don't still suffer from all the ills and infirmaties of old age. As you age you get those inevetable things like arthritis, hardening of the arteries, heart trouble, high blood pressure, lack of energy, problems remembering, frequent visits to the bathroom, a gradual loss of eyesight and hearing, loss of reflexes. You tire quickly, have developed bad joints that cause chronic pain, ability to handle stress is diminished, you've likely had several surgeries and long illnesses that have drained you, you're not nearly as strong as you once were, you simply need retirement, not more work. Forcing elderly to work until they're 70 will surely put many into an otherwise early grave, (which, I'm sure, is the plan here anyway).
The "ME generation" will put its elderly six feet under, without any qualms, so they can have more for themselves. But what goes around comes around, they too will age and find out that old age isn't what they were told, and hence they will screw themselves in the end. A fitting end for them too, imho.
There may be some who age slowly, such as Senators who don't do squat and have the best health care on earth, and who take frequent vacations, but most people have worked hard all their lives, raised their children, fought the wars, built the nation and paid their dues, and need rest as life draws to a conclusion, not Doctor Bohner's prescription of work till you die.
None of them do....They're collecting their lottery style government retirement benefits...
Truth is, they don't give a damn about you, or this country.
Well said.
I don’t want to wait until I’m wearing diapers to retire.
We may be living longer, but not necessarily healthier. There are more senior drug addicts hooked on prescription drugs than any one else.
And yeah, the Democrats screwed it up.
And yeah, Congressmen get a nice retirement plan.
None of those things change in the least the fact that the system is running out of money.
We either cut the benefits, raise the taxes, or run the train till the wheels come off.
And by the way, I am well over 50.