# Why don't some people retire? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 24, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-some-people-retire/691513 "2014-06-24T04:21:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-some-people-retire/691513/81 "2014-06-26T13:56:59Z")
NM, misread a quote ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-some-people-retire/691513/82 "2014-06-26T14:26:53Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > Now forgive me for throwing this in, but many retirees are sitting on jobs a younger person needs. So them retiring allows others to move up the ladder. This was a letter to Dear Abby a while back. Some young person complaining about old people keeping their cushy jobs while young people have to work the low paying bottom ones. I cannot begin to tell you what is wrong with that statement. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-some-people-retire/691513/83 "2014-06-26T14:55:32Z")
Retirement is for quitters! I’m 38, and really don’t ever expect to retire. It just seems silly if you’re fit to ever retire. I know argument about making room for another worker, but really, this isn’t a factory economy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-some-people-retire/691513.md?page=4)