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Laboring Longer a Growing Trend For Americans

Posted by timothy on from the what-color-is-your-parachute? dept.

AxSpark writes "More and more Americans have the tendency to work after retirement and this number is growing day by day. Last year this number was 6 million people of 65 and over working. The reason for that is quite evident: pensions are not enough for sufficient living."

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  1. If only... by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 4, Funny

    If only there were some sort of government solution that would guarantee retirement income for everyone. That would fix everything.

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    1. Re:If only... by ZeroFactorial · · Score: 2, Funny

      So would the people who RTFA would get the same pension as everyone who just reads Slashdot?

      Sounds pretty much the same as the working world to me...

    2. Re:If only... by jez9999 · · Score: 3, Funny

      If only people could figure out the difference between 'too' and 'to'.

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  2. If only... by hemp · · Score: 4, Funny

    If only you got a pension for reading Slashdot. I could retire now.

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  3. Wife not going to like this by Stele · · Score: 3, Funny

    As this is a timothy post, I only bothered reading the title. We're expecting our second child in January, and my wife is NOT going to like this news!

  4. Re:So what? by ZeroFactorial · · Score: 2, Funny

    And it definitely has nothing to do with people buying bigger TV's, better surround sound, newer computers, new cars, and buying the Jones' house.

    I say we blame the French. That's worked out pretty well for us in the past.

  5. Re:Um, or... by geneklaus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Your right, the only thing that is needed is retroactive birth control.

  6. Re:Not pensions, but health coverage by Krotos · · Score: 2, Funny
    If you get sick and can't pay for your medical care, you don't deserve any, because it's proof positive that you've spent your life being a lazy socialist bum rather than a heroic Randian value-producer.

    At least, I believe that's how the "thinking" goes.