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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP+corporate lobbyists want to hike retirement age to 70. That's life expectancy for black men
Key fact to fight back on this.
When you break down the situation by race, it gets even worse. While some politicians clamor for the retirement age to be raised to 70, the life expectancy of black males is only 70.8, according to the latest data from the U.S. National Vital Statistics System. Thats nearly six years behind non-Hispanic white men, whose life expectancy is 76.2.
Thus, raising the retirement age wouldnt just disproportionately hurt blue collar workers, it would disproportionately harm African American men. We should not be considering policies that would have such a harmful impact.
Read more: http://boldprogressives.org/why-raising-retirement-age-is-unfair-life-expectancy-for-black-males-is-only-70-8-years/
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GOP+corporate lobbyists want to hike retirement age to 70. That's life expectancy for black men (Original Post)
Report1212
Nov 2012
OP
My father and all 9 of his siblings worked, paid into SS and died between 63 & 65. My moms mother
peacebird
Nov 2012
#3
any age hike has to be tied to income level. drop it to 50 for the lowest, raise it to 80 on the top
pansypoo53219
Nov 2012
#5
When Otto von Bismarck set up the first government-paid retirement program
Fortinbras Armstrong
Nov 2012
#6
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)1. Fuck this!
People can't get hired once they hit 50.
The older you are when you get laid off, the less likely you are to find another job.
What are they supposed to do for 20 years?
Panhandle?
Starve?
Before we know it, life expectancy will be 55 years.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)2. Why not raise it to 90, that outta solve all of their stupid issues. n/t
peacebird
(14,195 posts)3. My father and all 9 of his siblings worked, paid into SS and died between 63 & 65. My moms mother
Recieved her first SS check and died that month. Her dad died before rcvg anything.
Only my mom & her sister have lived to get SS checks. So let's see, that is 14 people all told paying in with two who have recieved SS benefits.
dkf
(37,305 posts)4. Wasn't that how it was when SS started? Eligibility age at life expectancy?
It's actually morphed into a much larger program than originally envisaged.
pansypoo53219
(21,004 posts)5. any age hike has to be tied to income level. drop it to 50 for the lowest, raise it to 80 on the top
20%
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)6. When Otto von Bismarck set up the first government-paid retirement program
He set the retirement age at 65, because that was the average life-expectancy in Germany at the time.