tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post939017741600103990..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: No Increase In Social Security Age Eligibility!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-80236419354759062402010-09-10T15:06:33.477-04:002010-09-10T15:06:33.477-04:00"does little" if anything overstates the..."does little" if anything overstates the impact.<br /><br />All proposals I see being floated exempt workers 55 and over at least initially. Meaning you get ZERO deficit savings until workers 54 and under are retirement eligible. Since early retirement is actuarially set to equate to Full Retirement Age this means NADA until 2023 or outside the Deficit Commissions target of reducing deficits to 3% of GDP by 2015.<br /><br />The standard 10 year scoring used by CBO and OMB will show a big fat ZIP from his.<br /><br />Hmm. ZERO plus NADA plus ZIP adds up to what?Bruce Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222670342780912788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-90674102333670788362010-09-09T10:26:46.581-04:002010-09-09T10:26:46.581-04:00Raising the retirement age can only further aggrav...Raising the retirement age can only further aggravate the unemployment problem by keeping the elderly ensconsed in jobs that younger people need. That then leads to less younger people employed and contributing to the system through their FICA deductions. The people advocating such a ploy are the same people who have been trying to kill the program for years now.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971442888151627894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-77335398926649823422010-09-09T09:35:00.272-04:002010-09-09T09:35:00.272-04:00Raising the retirement age might make sense if rea...Raising the retirement age might make sense if real jobs were available to the aging. With an unemployment rate approaching 10%, surely the rate for the aging is higher.Shag from Brooklinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07312591102812315460noreply@blogger.com