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Re:Americans Are Pretty Skeptical That Hard Work Will Pay Off by ashtonkem on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @02:55PM (#27595633)
I’d argue that “retiring later” precludes any argument for short term loss for long term gains. Generally retiring earlier is the long term gain that you take short term losses for, retiring is a sign that things haven’t gone as well as planned.
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Re:Americans Are Pretty Skeptical That Hard Work Will Pay Off by lumost on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @03:04PM (#27595750)
It depends, as an individual I'd prefer it if I didn't have to retire however I'd also prefer it if I didn't need to work.

Retiring later could be a sign of longer health ( although I doubt that's the reality in this statistic ).

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Re:Americans Are Pretty Skeptical That Hard Work Will Pay Off by lm28469 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @04:31PM (#27596804)
> Retiring later could be a sign of longer health

It's a sign that you didn't manage to save enough in time. Soon retirement age will be over 70 pretty much everywhere in the west, nobody chose to work at that age for fun and giggles

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Re:Americans Are Pretty Skeptical That Hard Work Will Pay Off by ashtonkem on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:13PM (#27600007)
Sadly, US lifespans are actually shrinking too. So we’re retiring later and dying earlier, which is less than ideal.
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