Reply #22: Well, mostly we are

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fact is, almost all jobs require less, in physical terms, than they did in the 1930s or 1950s.

All you need to do is look at the stink when part of social security income was included in the taxable income of people still working. My first question is, how many people who are collecting a "retirement" benefit are still working? Answer is, lots. The retirement age has nothing to do with retirement. It is just a number that starts the money. Which would be fine, except that allowing that paymant means social security doesn't have the money for its purpose--a guaranteed income for those who can't work due to age or disability. And the Bushites are using that shortfall to end the system entirely.