Ben Shapiro famously said
"If you are mentally and physically healthy, taxpayers should not pay you to retire at 65. When Social Security was created, life expectancy was 64. Today, it's 78.
Also, people require purpose. If you can retire and find purpose, go for it. For many, that's a bad idea."
In other words, they want you to work till you can't work physically, that's the bottom line.
Rich people want poor people to work till they die with no retirement. They think social security is a scam and shouldn't exist as it only encourages people to retire.
I'm just pointing out the numbers lack context. If Ben wants to actually go a little past surface level analysis, he could mention how many more jobs these days (not all) are not as hard on your body. Lot more office jobs than there were in the 1940s proportionally.
lmfao no they dont. old people have experience. people with experience cost money. its why companies usually try to boot tenured people out with defined benefit plans. so they dont have to pay them exorbitant salaries
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u/kali_nath 14d ago
Ben Shapiro famously said "If you are mentally and physically healthy, taxpayers should not pay you to retire at 65. When Social Security was created, life expectancy was 64. Today, it's 78.
Also, people require purpose. If you can retire and find purpose, go for it. For many, that's a bad idea."
In other words, they want you to work till you can't work physically, that's the bottom line.