Conservative Pundit Ben Shapiro Sparks Controversy After Calling Retirement 'A Stupid Idea' [View all]
Conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro‘s comments calling retirement “a stupid idea” have provoked controversy online.
“And let’s be real about this – it’s insane that we haven’t raised the retirement age in the United States,” Shapiro declared on The Daily Wire podcast. “It’s totally crazy. Joe Biden – if that were the case, Joe Biden should not be running for president. Ok? Joe Biden is 81 years old.”
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He declared that nobody “in the United States should be retiring at 65 years old.”
“Frankly, I think retirement itself is a stupid idea unless you have some sort of health problem,” Shapiro argued. “Everybody that I know who is – who is elderly, who has retired, is dead within five years.”
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The commentator’s criticism of the traditional retirement model caused many people on social media to accuse him of being unaware of the struggles with which working-class Americans are dealing.
“He’s a glorified influencer who does nothing more than sit behind a desk and talk to cameras to make a living,” one person said during a YouTube reaction video. “He has no right to lecture anyone on work.”
Others addressed the physical toll many professions endure over a lifetime.
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