Why I Find Big Ed's Demotion To Weekends Troubling

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81. I hope what Ed said about it is true but . . .

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. . . it's also true, maybe a dirty little, not-so-secret fact that it's becoming increasingly hard to actually reach retirement age on jobs anymore. It's not like it used to be when you could count on working until your Medicare and Social Security kicked in at 65 or 66 to combine with your savings or pension or 401k and you'd be okay financially. Now once you crack 50 you have to start looking over your shoulder because most corporations are looking for any chance to replace you whether it's at 50 or 55 or 58, don't even mention 61 or 62. And they don't care, hell, they even know that your chances of finding another job, even a much lower paying job, is almost nil. And believe me, that time between being fifty-something to early Social Security eligibility at 62 is a long, hard slog of not making any real money, an eternity really as you watch your savings dwindle down. And don't even think about reaching the full retirement age of 66 with full benefits. It just doesn't happen much anymore.

I've seen it happen to 3 men in my family and it took them by surprise. They weren't suspecting it at all.