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Mariannette: Sure 75 is the new 55....didnt you know
my grandmother is 80 this november ...still does 2 days voluntary...which she took up when she stopped being self employed at 72
i can see her way being the way of the future in all honesty..
i can see her way being the way of the future in all honesty..
GalwayGuy35: It's no big deal working until 68.
It maybe no big deal, thinking that, to someone still in their 20s/30s but your health can go down hill very rapidly as you reach 50/60, believe me. How many times have you had to drive behind some 'old' person doing 35/40 mph and moaning about them or having to crawl behind some 'old' person along a busy street? We can't help 'getting old' you know and if you're lucky, you'll get to our age too and then you may be grateful to be able to stay in bed as long as you like, even go to bed when you like
But consider this, many people of 65/66 years of age have worked for 50 years or so, paid towards their pensions evey week, it's not their fault the cost of living today is such that the State is finding it difficult to provide them with a living pension so they have to rely on additional benifits.
While this idea of working until one is in their late 60s/70s may seem a solution to ease the financial strain on the governments purse, it is denying work for the younger generation leaving school etc and they will then be claiming benifits having never paid a penny towards them so where will that money come from?
Maybe compulsory euthanasia, at say, 60 would be acceptable!! Is this going to be the next suggestion?
velsix: It maybe no big deal, thinking that, to someone still in their 20s/30s but your health can go down hill very rapidly as you reach 50/60, believe me. How many times have you had to drive behind some 'old' person doing 35/40 mph and moaning about them or having to crawl behind some 'old' person along a busy street? We can't help 'getting old' you know and if you're lucky, you'll get to our age too and then you may be grateful to be able to stay in bed as long as you like, even go to bed when you like
But consider this, many people of 65/66 years of age have worked for 50 years or so, paid towards their pensions evey week, it's not their fault the cost of living today is such that the State is finding it difficult to provide them with a living pension so they have to rely on additional benifits.
While this idea of working until one is in their late 60s/70s may seem a solution to ease the financial strain on the governments purse, it is denying work for the younger generation leaving school etc and they will then be claiming benifits having never paid a penny towards them so where will that money come from?
Maybe compulsory euthanasia, at say, 60 would be acceptable!! Is this going to be the next suggestion?
But consider this, many people of 65/66 years of age have worked for 50 years or so, paid towards their pensions evey week, it's not their fault the cost of living today is such that the State is finding it difficult to provide them with a living pension so they have to rely on additional benifits.
While this idea of working until one is in their late 60s/70s may seem a solution to ease the financial strain on the governments purse, it is denying work for the younger generation leaving school etc and they will then be claiming benifits having never paid a penny towards them so where will that money come from?
Maybe compulsory euthanasia, at say, 60 would be acceptable!! Is this going to be the next suggestion?
The fact is that people are living longer and by the time I reach your age it will be even more common to have a large population of old people. It's only 2 years more than the present reteirment age anyway.
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Sure 74 is the new 55....didnt you know