Comments on: Raising Retirement Age to 69?

By: Irrational Woman

Irrational Woman — Tue, 20 Sep 2025 18:19:54 +0000

Dangerous Jobs and Retirement Age

I was reading an article at MSN this morning about the Top 10 Most Dangerous Jobs and I was reminded of a post I read a while back at Poliblog. I had intended to make this comment on the post at the time, but never managed to get around to it.

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By: PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science » PoliBlog on MSNBC

PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science » PoliBlog on MSNBC — Thu, 16 Jun 2025 01:32:18 +0000

[...] that all of the electrons I have spilled this week on lengthy posts, the one they picked (on raising the retirement age to 69) was a quickie I entered this morning whilst breaking my fast before headi [...]

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By: Dr. Steven Taylor

Dr. Steven Taylor — Wed, 15 Jun 2025 16:27:27 +0000

Mark:

I do it all the time (speed and accuracy don’t mix).

And for what it’s worth: I didn’t even notice.

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By: Dr. Steven Taylor

Dr. Steven Taylor — Wed, 15 Jun 2025 16:26:35 +0000

This is true, and the normal objection. However, is there really that radical a difference, on average, between 67 and 69 in terms of physical ability? (or even betweenb 65 and 69?)

And while there is no doubt that being a blue collar worker is harder on the body than being a white collar worker, I am guessing that most people in the 60s, even in blue collar jobs, have advanced beyond working as a basic-level dock loader.

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By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 15 Jun 2025 16:24:52 +0000

Sorry about the spelling above

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By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 15 Jun 2025 16:22:34 +0000

I think this debate is fine for people with jobs in collegs but I do believe that people in factories, loading docks, heavy work and other physical labor are in danger if we raise the age that much. I can teach until I am very old but it is not very physical. Most blue collar labor people have jobs that are hard to do as you get older.

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By: Dr. Steven Taylor

Dr. Steven Taylor — Wed, 15 Jun 2025 15:49:08 +0000

I think I saw the same report.

I remain skeptical on that count.

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By: Neo

Neo — Wed, 15 Jun 2025 15:38:30 +0000

Let’s cap off a bad day with making the minimum wage $10.00/hr.

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By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 15 Jun 2025 15:25:34 +0000

I have read recently that life expectancy in the US has begun to fall for the first time in decades. Due to obesity and the like, scientist now say that this generation of children will likely have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. (I just read it a few weeks ago but I don’t remember the source.)

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By: Gary and the Samoyeds

Gary and the Samoyeds — Wed, 15 Jun 2025 14:44:42 +0000

How much does that worsen the rate of return? Is it negative now?

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