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In reply to the discussion: Question: how would you feel if they raised the minimum age of Social Security or Medicare? [View all]Milliesmom
(493 posts)To anyone suggesting to raise the retirement age for Social Security.
First,I say they have not done manual labor all of their lives.
Tell that to the coal miners who are almost broken by the time they are sixty years of age, if they live to that age.. Tell it to my great uncle who was a logger his entire life and was so crippled up by the time he reached retirement age he was hobbling around.
Tell it to my brother-in-law who delivered papers to the boxes you see sitting on the streets, he is only seventy two and crawls up his stairs to bed because of his bad back. Tell it to the farmers who have labored in the fields everyday for their entire lives, or the food service and salespeople who are on their feet eight or more hours per day.
Tell it to the roofers when their knees give out at age 55, or the plumbers , electricians and carpenters who spend long hours on their knees while working,or crawling under old houses.
Tell that to the many many male and female nurses who lift ill patients until their own backs are worn out.
The professions of so many require so much man and woman physical power to do the work that by retirement age their bodies are worn out .. Dont make it mandatory that they have to wait even longer, after all they have paid into it their entire lives and should they choose to work longer after retirement age let it be their choice, not someone in Washington that may not have done any hard labor in their entire life.
Remember what we call the Golden Years? They are fewer now because of the economy and retirement age already in existence.