Bush: Retirement age should be phased in to ’68 or 70’

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(07-10-2015, 09:55 AM)michaelsean Wrote: He's right.  When SS began, the retirement age was something like 2 years later than the average life expectancy.

Agreed. We're already living longer and worker longer.

[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_%28United_States%29#cite_note-39][/url]Current ages:

Year of birth         Normal retirement age
1937 and prior              65
1938                           65 and 2 months
1939                           65 and 4 months
1940                           65 and 6 months
1941                           65 and 8 months
1942                           65 and 10 months
1943 to 1954               66
1955                           66 and 2 months
1956                           66 and 4 months
1957                           66 and 6 months
1958                           66 and 8 months
1959                           66 and 10 months
1960 and later              67

So it was 65 when the program first started. A lot has changed in 75 years.