> The biggest problem with retirement is that we were all
> supposed to die at 62.7.That was the average life expectancy
> in 1935 when social security started.
"All supposed to die" is overstating the case, IMO. One of the main reasons
life expectancy at birth was lower back then was
because so many people died before joining the workforce. Infant and even teen
mortality was much higher then, due to lack of
things like antibiotics and vaccines. Even in 1930, someone who had lived to
age 65 had a better than 50/50 chance of making it to
75.
But 'average life expectancy' has never meant that we are "all supposed to die"
by any age. "The world's oldest man" that died a
few months back was already 32 in 1935!
And I'll bet there are quite a few on this list that were born before 1935.
<g>
Randall
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