Why Doesn't the U.S. Retirement Age Budge?
When reading your editorial 'The New Retirement Age in Denmark Is 70' (May 27), I couldn't help but think of the myriad pharmaceutical commercials showing senior citizens engaged in vigorous, youthful physical activities as a result of their effective medications. That the elderly can and should remain vibrant and engaged well into their golden years is inarguable.
Yet the prospect of raising the retirement age in the U.S. in light of medical advances is a nonstarter, Social Security's imminent insolvency be damned. How ironic that while countless seniors are now able to remain mentally and physically capable for far longer than ever before, when it comes to their concomitant ability to be gainfully employed for longer as well, fiscally irresponsible politicians want to continue treating them as enfeebled and worthy of a nursing home.
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