What's it to you? You footing their tab? Would you prefer they retire on insufficient income and then need Govt (your tax dollars) help?
Billions of dollars have been spent on aid to assist young adults who've been unable to find sufficient work -- and billions more will likely be spent. Instead of forming households (you know... purchasing homes, and paying for all the bills that go with it.... the kinda stuff that creates/supports jobs), they're living with their parents. If their parents weren't stupid enough to purchase homes they could't afford in their 50s, or spend beyond their means via credit cards, home equity lines, etc., they'd be retired. Instead, they're working and #$@%! every minute about it.
Should? Should, by who's standards? Your's? And yea you do want higher seniority without putting in the time. Someone's #1 on the board and you want them to hurry up and retire so you can move up...............without putting the same time in they did to get there.
If you're retirement-eligible (you know... collecting social security, medicare, etc.), still working and $@%@ about it every minute, then yes, you should be retired. I encounter elderly people who complain about having to work every day... but they can't let go of their $200/month cable bill, the idea of driving in an older vehicle, retreats to their weekend home, etc. Who really lives in the "ME" generation?
-I bought a home that's affordable to me and set-up a plan to pay it off. I won't suddenly decide at 60 that I'm entitled to an expensive lakefront home in which I'll be working beyond the grave to pay for.
-I drive nice cars, but I make certain I can afford the total ownership cost. I won't suddenly decide at 60 that I'm entitled to a Cadillac, Lincoln, Lexus, Accord, etc. simply because that's what elderly people are suppose to drive.
-I enjoy my luxuries in life. I decide what I want, determine how I'm going to pay for it and sacrifice those that mean little to me. When I go out to eat, I enjoy family-friendly establishments and save posh ones for special occasions. I don't stomp my feel, feel entitlement, whip out the plastic to pay for it and continue working to pay for it.
-I plan and delegate my income. Unless an emergency/catastrophe strikes, I'll never rely on debt to carry me. Nor will I complain into my 70s about having to work because I lived beyond my means my entire adult life.
And what becomes of you when you hit a certain age? What if the new kid sets a lower number for you? You gonna roll over and submit or are you going to fight for what you have put the time in for and have earned? It was the same for those before you, it's the same for you, and will be the same for those after you (probably worse). Don't like it? Door's marked EXIT with your name on it.
There's a saying I like. "You see an old dog. I see a dog smart (and experienced) enough to get old".[/quote[
I'll NEVER be of retirement age and #@%$% "...these people don't care about me. They don't care that my body aches. They work me like a dog." It'll NEVER happen. I'm smart enough to live within my means. They weren't. That's why they're still working. And I agree -- the exit door's had their name on it. They should've walked through it. Now they've called in the bouncer to throw them out. Too bad :-/.
