# Retirement age public policy considerations

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**Created:** [June 13, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-age-public-policy-considerations/1030879 "2026-06-13T19:29:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-age-public-policy-considerations/1030879/25 "2026-06-14T20:34:59Z")

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I frequently acknowledge my privilege and my luck (it’s up there next to my name). Much of what I have achieved would not have been as easy without those factors. But they would not have been impossible either, if I had the will and tenacity to achieve them. Because I don’t count my possession of native abilities as inherently unfair.

Each person’s work life and the rewards therefrom are the result of a large number of factors including personal abilities, personal actions and decisions, and external influences, the combination of which is unique to each person. That is what I take the phrase “life isn’t fair” to mean in the context of this thread.

This does not mean that I am opposed to reform of the social security system, either its collection of payments from workers, nor its payouts to retirees. But I do think the OP’s stated goal is, at best, impractical.

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