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Skittles

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20. I have a theory

Reply to blue neen (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 15, 2015, 08:24 PM

Jun 2015

there's been a giant shift in retirement security options and some people just do not have received the message......they think they'll have the retirement their parents had........I agree, it is very serious and some people just DO.NOT.GET.IT.

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America’s Seniors Find Middle-Class ‘Sweet Spot’ [View all] SunSeeker Jun 2015 OP

This is true for older seniors, blue neen Jun 2015 #1

You got that right. SunSeeker Jun 2015 #2

So true about the employer-provided pensions. blue neen Jun 2015 #5

The average retirement age is up to 62. It was 55 ten years ago. Recursion Jun 2015 #3

Once again, you pull something out of... nowhere Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #7

Sigh. Google is your friend Recursion Jun 2015 #11

You cite a freaking POLL Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #12

Yes, I cited a controlled sample asking people's expected and actual retirement ages Recursion Jun 2015 #13

No, I'm one of those "independent research is more reliable than opinion polls" types Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #14

Munnell is looking at a different thing than Gallup Recursion Jun 2015 #15

Once again Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #16

Your poll says the average age was 59 in 2004, and 60 in 2005 muriel_volestrangler Jun 2015 #17

exactly what it says Skittles Jun 2015 #4

It's weird. blue neen Jun 2015 #6

I have a theory Skittles Jun 2015 #20

Supply and demand 1939 Jun 2015 #8

Voting in Republicans was no small factor. WinkyDink Jun 2015 #9

agreed. we were born in the darkest part of the 1st boomers' shadows magical thyme Jun 2015 #10

My husband and I both are/were govenment workers. bklyncowgirl Jun 2015 #18

I lost my career when high tech crashed/then 911 hit...just before I turned 50 magical thyme Jun 2015 #19