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Social Security & Medicare

PETRUS

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Reply to customerserviceguy (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 21, 2013, 07:58 AM

Mar 2013

From the CEPR:

"this practice of creating "hardship exemptions" was one of the policies that won Greece much ridicule in recent years. Its social security system allowed workers in many occupations to retire at younger ages. For example hairdressers were allowed to start collecting benefits at age 50, ostensibly because they worked with hazardous chemicals."

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The Social Security retirement age: Who’s really living longer? [View all] Teamster Jeff Mar 2013 OP

One of the things I've advocated here customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #1

Another consideration could also be on the job injuries ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2013 #2

That's where the worker's comp records would come in customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #5

People who do a lot of desk work get a lot of back, skeleton and repetitive JDPriestly Mar 2013 #4

If so customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #6

No. It does not fully show up in worker's comp statistics. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #9

Couldn't that be said about all kinds of occupations? customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #11

65 is more realistic than 67 for most people and most professions. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #15

Agreed, but isn't that toothpaste out of the tube? customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #19

... PETRUS Mar 2013 #7

And 50 is ridiculous customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #12

Today vs 1935 PETRUS Mar 2013 #13

We got the benefit of increased productivity customerserviceguy Mar 2013 #14

Nonsense PETRUS Mar 2013 #16

Resources? Economist Dean Baker will be covering that in the SSD blogathon @Daily KOS next week FogerRox Mar 2013 #17

At this event our Madfloridian will be talking... midnight Mar 2013 #18

Is there a chart on disability by. age? Downwinder Mar 2013 #3

You're talking averages with these charts, which will be... TreasonousBastard Mar 2013 #8

Rec #5, Very important point that is not that well known. FogerRox Mar 2013 #10