Sanity On Social Security? Ctd

by Chris Bodenner

Susan Gardner insists that supporters of raising the retirement age are focused on the wrong statistics:

The fact is, men are living less than three years longer,women about five. Yes, there are more people living longerbecause they didn't die at age 3 of whooping cough or polio, but thelife expectancy for an individual has not been extended very much atall once age 65 is reached. Disturbingly, pushing the retirement ageout five years as is currently proposed actually means...