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Fewer People 55-And-Over Choose To Work. But Why?
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The oldest Gen X cohort is 60 years old now. we're not holding on to anything past retirement age... yet.
Note that there are many boomers who are poor and are working because they have no choice. Contrary to popular belief, most jobs were not that cushy over the last 50 to 60 years. pensions were steadily whacked, jobs were sent offshore. Maybe consider listening to the Billy Joel song called "Allentown".
Gen X is cynical and never believed they were going to get retirement anyway precisely because they watched what happened to the generation before them.
I included genx because some consider starting in 1960 or 1961, which would make them eligible for retirement.
Yes, but compared to other generations they are doing much better.
Lol, what? They watched their parents sell a home they bought for 10k for 400k and they lost all hope?
that straw man you set on fire is nice and warm.
Only a moron or a dishonest debater would look back and not acknowledge the destruction of millions of steel, coal, manufacturing, furniture making, and textile industry jobs, the decline of unions, the shifting of tax burdens, or the elimination of public support. oh, lets not forget the drug addiction all over manufacturing towns throughout the industrialized states.
bravo!
Which they at least got to take part in before they voted for the people who destroyed it. They also benefited from the largest growth in wealth in American history. "Baby boomers hold approximately 51.6% of total U.S. household wealth, controlling over $85 trillion. Despite making up roughly 20% of the population, they possess an outsize share of assets compared to younger generations"