Looking Forward to Retirement is a Thing of the Past | Retro Report


RETRO REPORT

Dec 12, 2018

Future of Aging is Emmy-nominated! People are living longer across the globe, and that’s redefining what it means to be over 65 — and what the future might mean for retirement.  “What Happens Next” is a collaboration with Quartz examining the future of society.

5 thoughts on “Looking Forward to Retirement is a Thing of the Past | Retro Report

  1. ILL WATCH THIS LATER……… I TOLD MY FRIENDS YEARS AGO, THAT BY THE TIME I REACH 65 THE KIKES WILL HAVE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO STEAL SOCIAL SECURITY, PROBABLY BY CALLING IT “INSURANCE” OR SOME OTHER VAGUE ” NOT REALLY YOURS” TERM. AS NICOLAS CAGE SAID TO THE OLD GUY IN “HUMANITY BUREAU”, ” YOU HAVE EXHAUSTED YOUR GOVERNMENT BENEFITS”

    1. They are going to find me dead clutching on to a steering wheel with my middle finger up in the air.

  2. I am one of the last “lucky” ones, I hope.
    I got tossed from my physical labor job at age 55 because I got hurt, and my employer of over 20 years thought it best to protest my worker’s compensation claim, effectively blocking my diagnosis and treatment.
    Lucky for me, my union stated earlier that year that early retirement is available to fully vested aged 55 workers.
    That turned into my only income because I am injured and unable to work a physical-type job. I did find extremely low impact part-time employment for several years, but at age 62, I decided to take whatever Social Security doles out,(it covers my mortgage payment), and maybe do nothing for a while.

    It has been a whole month of doing nothing, we’ll see how it goes. I am again lucky to have a wife who has a job, but she only works to get medical benefits for her. She’s been through a half dozen jobs in the past 2 years, and just applied for another. She now understands the rigors of a physical labor job, and it is killing her. All for medical benefits. She won’t need them if the jobs kill her. 🙁

  3. Thanks for the vid, Mark. Will it impact us in a positive way? Can’t say. I see how far we have come from honoring our elders. I’ve always thought that after 65, no one should have to worry about a thing; that society should be set up that at that point, you are entirely off the hook for any worldly obligations (rent, medical fees, taxes, insurance (all varieties), licenses, registrations, etc. Crazy that I know people in their 80’s scrambling to jump through hoops, just for basic essentials.

    Growing up, I remember the elders being treated with such dignity and respect. We loved to wait on them and please them. To take care of them was the most natural thing in the world. Now many are pushed and drained, a very pronounced symptom of a society gone wrong, a society that anoints youth as leaders, sells superficiality and perversion, and neglects those who have obvious and urgent needs. Corporation Nation: The gift that keeps on stealing. I’d like to just say, “Reclaim Retirement!!,” but it really is, “RECLAIM THE NATION!!!”

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