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Raise the age of retirement benefits as the U.S. Population continues to grow older

Created by J.D. on May 05, 2013

It is apparent that the United States population is growing older. Many people know people who are living well into their 90's. Beginning as early as age 62, a person can go 40 years or more on benefits. This will cause problems in the economy as social security and other senior benefits increase. If people are living to their 90's, than those people should be able to do some other type of labor that is not too strenuous for the elder population. If the retirement age is increases, not only will the amount spent on social security drop, but the united states will have a more experienced work force that can help train new employees and manage businesses better than many younger and unexperienced workers.

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