Posted by (+12830) 12 years ago
From the Miles City Daily Star, February 5, 1936:
WASHINGTON--Girls born today may expect to live 62.6 years, boys 59.1. The difference of life expectancy between men and women is attributed to the greater stress of life for men in industry.
People weren't going to live to be old enough to retire, on average, so there were never expected to be such a huge number of people dependent on Social Security. If we had upped retirement age every time life expectancy went up, I wonder what retirement age would be today.
WASHINGTON--Girls born today may expect to live 62.6 years, boys 59.1. The difference of life expectancy between men and women is attributed to the greater stress of life for men in industry.
People weren't going to live to be old enough to retire, on average, so there were never expected to be such a huge number of people dependent on Social Security. If we had upped retirement age every time life expectancy went up, I wonder what retirement age would be today.