Question we should ask those who advocate for raising the retirement age. [View all]

[JDPriestly]

I'm thinking this should be asked of all members of Congress, all think tank spokespeople, and ordinary citizens who repeat the meme, "We have to raise the retirement age."

Here it is:

How many people aged between 65 and 70 are you now employing?

And to DUers, I ask, how many of your employees or co-workers are aged between 65 and 70?

The US reports that there were 49,972,181 Americans aged 62 and over in 2010 and that the number had increased by 8,716,152 over the statistic in 2000.

http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-03.pdf