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makin' books, liftin' heavy things, screamin' into the void. they/she.

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Retired old people who aren't just ... busy being sick and dying give back to their communities in HUGE ways. We had someone's grandpa come to our robotics competition to cheer the team on. The old people in my building do all the serious political organizing and man the polls. I'm too busy working being in my 40s and all that.

Raising retirement ages takes away more than just "retirement" ... it makes everything harder.

Far as I'm concerned it should be 59.

phoenix ,
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@futurebird YES. Lately my retired mom's been helping multiple refugee families, including protracted fights with bureaucracy to get them their benefits -- which no one else in her church group can do because they don't have hours of free time to go down to the Medicaid office, call local reps for hours and hours, etc etc. (It also helps that she's one of the most politely bullheaded people I know, lol)

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