Do you think people who are old enough to retire should go ahead and do it so more jobs will open up for younger folk?
I believe that if you are old enough to retire and could easily live off your pension til you die... by all means, know when to bow out. Younger people need those jobs! Times are hard!
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Posted by charles849 Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:15PM
these days its not your age but if you can afford to retire . things have changed around here
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Reply by SpiritOfTheRabbit Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:17PM
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Reply by theguy5342 Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:27PM
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Posted by lightpainter Jun 13th, 2012 at 3:30PM
Excuse me? The "younger folk" get the jobs anyway regardless of whether us old people can afford to retire or not. One look at my date of birth on the employment application and it ends up on the bottom of the pile or in the trash. Even if all the people who reached retirement age did in fact retire, it still wouldn't solve societies' problem which is an obsession with youth.
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Posted by perseverer Jun 13th, 2012 at 4:10AM
In my corner of the world, people who are ready and willing to retire cannot because there is no one to replace their seniority and expertise in the workplace. How can a young, new employee replace a school Principal? There needs to be balance in every workplace with both young and older staff.
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Posted by faeryflutterthe1andonly Jun 13th, 2012 at 3:02AM
Nah...if they stop working, they will get in their vehicles! Scary thought! LOL...my dad is 74 and still works, stands on his feet 9 hours a day with a full kit! *Respect*! He is still very capable, but, he is only still working for medical insurance...sad, but, true! Healthcare can kill u if you get private! I love the morals and values that the older generation still hold! They make me proud!
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Posted by LoneBlogger Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:27PM
I would have agreed with you a few years ago, but now that the economy has been so bad for so long, we all need to hold onto whatever job we've got. Do you know how much harder it is for someone over 50 to find a decent job? Age discrimination is very real. All of my retirement is gone and savings nearly gone - I'm earning half of what I was three years ago. I'll probably be working until I'm 80 years old.
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Reply by SpiritOfTheRabbit Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:30PM
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Reply by LoneBlogger Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:38PM
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Posted by MaleInTights Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:22PM
No - Them young whipper snappers of youth should get back to school so us old farts can keep on working!
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Posted by theguy5342 Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:22PM
No...if they can't afford to retire why would i want to pay for them with taxes even longer
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Reply by SpiritOfTheRabbit Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:23PM
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Posted by MontiPora Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:21PM
I got news for you. Automation and the computer dried up the job market, not all us older folk. Add a few billion more people in a population growth and you have more peeps fighting for fewer jobs. Not really our fault at all.
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Reply by SpiritOfTheRabbit Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:22PM
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Posted by GTR1400 Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:18PM
Exactly! So many people are having a hard time getting their careers started.
So, I retired early.
My only regret is that my skills in manufacturing (after starving in basic research) that let me succeed are less and less important in a consumer society. Will there be value-added careers for young men and women just starting their careers?
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Posted by Lacsar Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:14PM
what the hell - it will work almost as good as obamacare for SURE.......
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Posted by BigJohnnyNC Jun 18th, 2012 at 8:39PM
The biggest problem for young people, they have no marketable job skills. I was a Heavy Equipment Mechanic for 30 years and never had to grovel for a job. People sought me out, wanting me to come work for them. I got my first job turning wrenches at 15 and have never been unemployed. I retired at 46 having made excellent money throughout my life. To many people want a position, instead of a job. There is a shortage of engineers and other jobs that require more than a third grade understanding of math.
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Posted by dillingermaster Jun 14th, 2012 at 4:31PM
If they want to, then it is their choice, but need to realize that living on fixed income can be difficult. If they can work, it is a lot easier for them to pay bills and save a little.
They should not hand over jobs to the younger generation. As self entitled as they are, young people need to learn to be competitive for the positions in which they apply. We need to stop handing them things and coddling them like babies their entire lives.
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Posted by gypsyblu Jun 13th, 2012 at 3:53PM
I think in some respects society has advanced rapidly(new technology) to the point where it left people behind... people have a lot of catching up to do ....
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Posted by Amica31 Jun 13th, 2012 at 12:29PM
I think people old enough to retire should retire. Some would argue differently because their jobs might not be physically demanding (e.g. an office job). However, when people labor hard like miners and other people who do a lot of physically, they may not be able to continue working all the way through their old age. Some people are already spent by the age of 50!
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Posted by HeartLikeAChild Jun 13th, 2012 at 10:43AM
After much thought, I've decided that "old people having the jobs" is actually an irrelevant factor. What is actually at issue here is the free-market value of the new, upcoming workers/workforce ...which is now either $0.00 ...or near $0.00. This is "why" he does not replace the older worker.
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Posted by bijouxbroussard Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:57PM
To be clear, just because an older person leaves a job doesn't mean it's automatically there for a young person to move into. Some companies are offering their older employees who qualify early retirement benefits so they can avoid downsizing and laying people off. Then they give the remaining workers who aren't old enough the option of following those jobs when they move them out of town or even out of state. That's what happened to my company when I retired in April, with several other colleagues. Our positions are not being filled, because there's little work, and the people who remain will pick up the slack until the office moves to Alabama, later this year.
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Posted by MrsJoanieBNH Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:34PM
ah but the pertinent question is can they do that job as well, as profitable, and as efficiently.. You see. not all jobs are putting a round peg in a round hole. Many of them that are beneficial to society and are very profitable require knowledge expertise and experience, something not always found in someone just coming into the work environment!
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Posted by ikattarri Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:27PM
Modern science is keeping them alive longer and longer... doubt any 22 year old out of school will get a job ten years from now....
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Reply by SpiritOfTheRabbit Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:29PM
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Posted by NatiaGonitellie Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:25PM
At any one moment someone may be old enough and financially well off enough, One swipe of some legislative pen and POOF!!! affordability is out the window.
Earn your place, quit whining about how hard times are and telling others when their "sell by date" has come due.
If someone is still able to do the job.. My hats off to them. Keep your job until you no longer want it or are un-able to do it.
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Reply by SpiritOfTheRabbit Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:27PM
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Posted by OoLunaoO Jun 12th, 2012 at 8:18PM
the way things are now even people who are old enough on to that job
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