If a person is working 40 hours a week, they should be paid enough to live off of.

[quakerboy]

48. I dunno

on a financial and social structural level, I agree. But it seems there are a lot of people who kinda fall apart after retirement, they never find peace with a life without a structured plan and duties. Much as people, myself included, complain about working, I think most of us actually get benefit from it, beyond just our paychecks. And I find most people actually want to work at something. Just not always on the schedule or at the hours or type of work demanded of us.

I would almost be ok with raising the retirement age, as long as it was paired with a drastic cut in the number of hours considered to be "full time" to bring the job market to a point where workers are a desired commodity rather than disposable, easily replaceable tools, and a rise in pay rates that would allow any worker at full time to live a reasonably comfortable life. Almost. I would have to think on it deeply and talk to a bunch of almost retired persons.