Retirement age of 65... is this fair? Is life primarily just about working for others higher on the pyramid?
When you consider the years and the hours of work that are put into working from a rough age of 18 through to 65... and the goods and services that are produced in that time by an average worker. There is a very large gap between what you can actually afford and what you recieve compared to your productivity.
Whether it be through government tax, inflation, bank interest or just plain corporate profit/greed.... the money just constantly filters it's way to the top and the rest is left with roughly 47 years of life in service to someone else in order to survive and keep a small standard of living.
In barter days... items had value on the basis of labour and scarcity plus need. So at least your labour or time lost in making something was repaid by somebody elses labour. No profit for a company... and no interest through money.. no middle man.... and an equal exchange of value.
Is there a solution for the current economic world? Any alternatives ect...
4 Answers to "Retirement age of 65... is this fair? Is life primarily just about working for others higher on the pyramid?"
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Suggest 70 be the average age for retirement,
but earlier if health or family circumstances demand it,
but should be allowed that any worker can keep working
as long as they are healthy in mind and body,
and can do the job as well as average others.Like (2)
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This notion of working primarily for others higher on the pyramid is a farce.
It is BS (crap) which begins early in our children when they are in K-12 (UK: Primary/Secondary) public school ...when they are asked "what will you be when you grow up" (career).
By the time our kids reach High School (UK: KS4), our kids are fully programmed to think that the "only" way to live the rest of their lives is as a (US: W-2) "employee" .....when making money as an employee is the WORST way to make a living. As an employee, you work .....1% of that work you're allowed to keep to feed your tummy ...with the proverbial 99% of the rest going to fuel government budgets.
To stop the madness, we should begin by abolishing the concept of the "employee".
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I became a grant writer. This works with everything about me,who I am, how I want to live now and in the future and I only choose non profits whose values fit with mine. The money isn't terribly regular (as an independent contractor) but when it pays....it pays. And I can do it as long as I have my mental faculties til 90 or beyond!
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This sounds interesting. I am currently looking for work. I have disabilities that hamper the normal types of work ...but people all tell me that "I write well" and I am often called to edit email, speeches, and the like. How does one get into this?
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Posted by everycloud 1 Nov 6th, 2011 at 3:18AM
Don't get me started! We live in a world of CORPORATE GREED.... where individuals are paying themselves huge amounts of money - our money! It beats me and I cannot imagine what the hell does anyone want with all that money they pay themselves - the minions are left to struggle on. without a hope in hell of improving their standard of living at any point in our lives... the definition of this is slavery. The workers of the world need to unite to stop this crazy imbalance.
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