Aging Baby Boomers Will Be A Drag On The US Economy For Years
• bloomberg.com/“Maybe one of the solutions here is that they work a year or two longer,” he said. “Do we really think we are going to have a lot of 80-year-olds in the workforce? It sounds good until you start thinking about the practicalities of it.”
Well if you work for the government, you really only have to put in about 2 decades, so you could retire in the early 40's. For example, you are a second responder, police or fire, I think they only have to work 20 years then collect $. Peace out.
Got news for ya - there are MANY over 80 year olds still working ! My Mom is one of them - still working at 87 ! Who can live on Soc Sec with prices and taxes like they are today ? Your best workers are the older folks ! They still have the work ethic that most of the younger generation does not have.
And one thing more Carrie, they also have a lot of skills and experience.