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« on: February 28, 2017, 03:56:33 AM »

I don't favor policies that screw over young people.
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« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2017, 08:46:24 PM »

I don't favor policies that screw over young people.

How does it hurt young people to not be paying for a 66 year old's pension?

I would rather raise the retirement age and at least get a reasonable pension than retire on a below subsistence pension, or worse, see the state pension abolished.

The real screwing over of young people was getting rid of defined benefit schemes, that pretty much ensures we get to retire into poverty in any case.

Economic productivity is extremely high in the United States and people shouldn't be forced to work longer when most jobs don't even offer paid vacations or half the amenities that jobs in other developed countries do.  Most proposals to raise the retirement age do not affect people over the age of 55.  (Not that it really matters though because most people end up working well past their expiration date anyway.  Nobody talks about that, of course.)
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Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden
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« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2017, 09:38:29 PM »

There's never going to be a solution to this crisis which is "fair" for everyone.  That's why it's a crisis.

What crisis?  Lots of short-term thinking by Boomers, sure, but Social Security is fine.
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