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yankee87

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1. Retirement age

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Sat Sep 24, 2022, 10:35 PM

Sep 2022

I’m at the end of the baby boomers and I’m just about to retire. There is no reason to work until you’re dead. Try to enjoy whatever life you have left to live.

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The Demographic Drought - Baby Boomers are Retiring in record numbers [View all] Yavin4 Sep 2022 OP

Retirement age yankee87 Sep 2022 #1

I'm at the front end of the baby boomer generation MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2022 #3

Not this baby boomer, MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2022 #2

You're lucky that you have work that you can still do physically. Yavin4 Sep 2022 #4

All my years in the Marines kept me in excellent physical health, MarineCombatEngineer Sep 2022 #5

I would like to see an updated version, this one is almost 13 months old and doesn't take into Celerity Sep 2022 #6

new (August 2022) shorter video from the same YT channel: Global Demographic Drought Celerity Sep 2022 #7

I think you're overthinking it Fiendish Thingy Sep 2022 #8

The Fed's decisions gives the Republican a huge advantage in 2024. n/t Yavin4 Sep 2022 #10

I'm not seeing that Fiendish Thingy Sep 2022 #26

That has little to do with the subject of the video tbh, FT. Celerity Sep 2022 #16

I was responding to the OP, not the video. Nt Fiendish Thingy Sep 2022 #27

yes, I see this now, I focused on the video Celerity Sep 2022 #29

I know more than a few Old Crank Sep 2022 #35

And is that theory based on any actual evidence? brooklynite Sep 2022 #9

Same Boat ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 #15

Did you even watch the video? It sure sounds like you didn't. You're erecting an straw man as well. Celerity Sep 2022 #18

I didn't watch the video, and I wasn't responding to it... brooklynite Sep 2022 #20

Fair enough, I focused on the video, which is where the disconnect came in. Celerity Sep 2022 #23

This 1949 baby's still physically working full time, and will continue for the foreseeable future. NBachers Sep 2022 #11

Retirement is a great gig. I highly recommend it. nt Roisin Ni Fiachra Sep 2022 #12

Same Here ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 #14

Me too! Chainfire Sep 2022 #31

It's unfortunate that these jobs aren't being freed up area51 Sep 2022 #13

The problem is, as I see it... kentuck Sep 2022 #17

Exactly. And the shortage will only worsen. Yavin4 Sep 2022 #24

I am frustrated at the disconnect between some of the comments and what they seem to think Celerity Sep 2022 #19

I think they're responding to the OP's comment that the fed is deliberately doing such and so... yardwork Sep 2022 #25

yes, I seem to be one of the few who focused on the video, my bad Celerity Sep 2022 #30

K&R, ... and the excess death count from covid is nearly 200,000 uponit7771 Sep 2022 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author uponit7771 Sep 2022 #22

early 70s here, been retired 5 years now after onethatcares Sep 2022 #28

I am living off of SS and a very tiny pension. Chainfire Sep 2022 #32

yes, eating helps pay for the rest.......alot onethatcares Sep 2022 #33

Just reading about food issues Old Crank Sep 2022 #36

Interesting! peggysue2 Sep 2022 #34