The Problem With the Retirement Age Is That It’s Too High
The richest society in human history should prioritize earlier eligibility for Social Security.
As France is racked by furious protests over President Emmanuel Macron’s plan for pension cuts, a bipartisan group of legislators on Capitol Hill is discussing how to make Social Security available to a smaller group of workers. People are living longer, the argument goes, and benefit programs are running out of money. Shifting the retirement age higher is a reasonable, desirable, and necessary fix.
[Pamela Duckerman: Why the French want to stop working]
Except it is not reasonable. It is not desirable. And it is not the retirement age.
