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In reply to the discussion: So I guess that's it? With a whimper not a bang? The extra [View all]Dan
(3,539 posts)I was thinking about a few people that I knew back in the day - that were eligible for full retirement and fully qualified for SS/Medicare - but continued to work. One person worked until she was almost seventy and another worked until he was almost seventy-six years of age. Not that they needed the money, but because they could.
Our organization was having lay-offs and I asked them if they would consider retiring so that the younger staff might be retained (with their families/kids/house payments, etc.) - and there was no way in hell that they would do that. I couldnt understand it.
Like you I had worked since I was a very young man - and when I reached sixty-five my body was exhausted and I couldnt wait to retire. And of course as soon as I retired I started having health issues, and then once I recovered from that - then Mr. Trumps virus.
But as I think about and live through this, we worry about our younger friends, relatives and others that are not as fortunate.