"Americans want to work longer"

[Dirty Socialist]

So claims Republican Rep. Rick Allen (asshole, Inbred Part of Georgia) when asked why he wants to raise the Social Security retirement age: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/republican-rick-allen-social-security-b2263726.html?amp

[dweller]

1. Bring back Child Labor

that should take care of it …
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[Bayard]

2. As Walmart greeters and flippers of hamburgers

[Ray Bruns]

3. Liar. Name some of these people!

Well, there’s Amanda Hugginkiss,
Anita Bath
Ben Dover
Buck Nekkid
Biggus Dickus

[RainCaster]

8. Don't forget...

Hugh Jass
Hugh Jorgen
Suq Ma-Diq

[ProfessorGAC]

4. He's Nuts

First, nobody I know that is retired wants to work anymore. Been there, done that. And, if they do work, it's part-time on their terms. (Like me with the substitute teaching.)
Second, there are very few people have jobs that REQUIRE one to retire. My company had no date by which one was forced to retire. We had an EVP who retired at 55, but another at 73. I knew a couple chemical operators that were 68 or 69 when they retired.
So, he's just making this up because the preponderance of people who want to work longer, can do so.

[CharleyDog]

5. It's like Republicans saying "children really don't want subsidized school lunches"

Paul Ryan: "children don't want free school lunches".

Blame harsh policies on the most vulnerable people: "they want to be abused"

[haele]

6. I grew up in the 60's and 70's. While a lot of people lived into their 80's....

There were also a whole lot of people who would retire at 60 or 65 after 40/45 years on the job and would die within 5 or 10 years. Especially men. While genes had a lot to do with longevity or lack thereof, the work environment, whether it was hard labor or desk based, tended to be toxic and shortened more than a few lives.

Looking about 4 generations back, in the maternal side of my family, there's definitely a gene for longevity; most adults who died of natural causes did so in their mid to late 90's. On the paternal side, most men died in their 60's or early 70's - while the women tended to live to their 90's or more, if they didn't get cancer or die in childbirth.

So

[mike_c]

7. clue: nobody is compelled to stop working

I'm retired. We live in an age restricted retirement community. All of the local stores are staffed by retirees who still work for one reason or another. There are also lots of volunteer opportunities for folks wanting something worthwhile to do but not needing payment. My point is that in most professions retirement is a choice, and even when it's not there are usually other opportunities available. Nobody needs to stop working if they don't want to. The real retirement problem is the number of Americans without decent retirement options, who must work long after they would prefer to rest.

[RainCaster]

9. It's all about destroying the safety net we have

The GOP is all about creating enormous wealth for a few, while the rest of us slowly starve into bankruptcy. A-holes.

[doc03]

10. The 74 year old guy at McD that can barely walk is washing widows and emptying

the trash in the parking lot in 30 degree weather wants to keep working. I find that hard to believe.