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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Raise the Retirement Age for Social Security?

Should we raise the retirement age for Social Security?  Aren't we living longer?


Some people, concerned about the financial future of Social Security and concerned about the national debt, are suggesting (again) that the retirement age be raised.  They say that we now live 16 years longer than we did when Social Security was first implemented; therefore, we can certainly raise the retirement age a few years. Except that this is not really true.


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