Social Security is not a handout
To the Editor:
The provocative and cruel headline posed the question: “Is it time to raise the retirement age for Social Security?” One wonders if this question is for roofers, brick masons, carpenters, cashiers — or for people in desk jobs who can set their own schedule in an air-conditioned office? The Republican proposal to raise the retirement age to 69 or 70 is a lifetime benefit cut that would harm low-income seniors the most. No, we most definitely should not raise the retirement eligibility age for Social Security benefits. We should let working people enjoy the retirement they have earned. Not to mention, people in physically demanding jobs cannot always work into their late 60s. Repetitive strain injuries can disable a worker for life.
Raising the age also would be especially unfair since life expectancy for vulnerable groups in the United States is in decline.
In a Letter to the Editor, a reader from Ocala offers an idea for strengthening Social Security for the years ahead. | Source: Villages-News.com
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