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Sad to see so many people focus on Branson's money to disparage him.
In an interview he gave his perspective, it is applicable to any income or net worth. Why focus on his money, then say he has more money than you, therefore you can't relate to his perspective.
His point was about happiness, fulfillment, is that a financial thing, I hope not.
Sadly, I'm seeing bitterness, this retirement forum should be about our wisdom gained from many years of living on this earth. Shouldn't we know to embrace happiness regardless of money.
Sad to see so many people focus on Branson's money to disparage him.
In an interview he gave his perspective, it is applicable to any income or net worth. Why focus on his money, then say he has more money than you, therefore you can't relate to his perspective.
His point was about happiness, fulfillment, is that a financial thing, I hope not.
Sadly, I'm seeing bitterness, this retirement forum should be about our wisdom gained from many years of living on this earth. Shouldn't we know to embrace happiness regardless of money.
You would think that is the purpose in life - find joy and happiness. But for a lot of people that is hard.
Isn't he like filthy rich? Does he have a clue how a car repair could stop putting food on the table? Happiness is wonderful, but 99.99% of people in the world just have to struggle to survive.
Its like reading about rich movie stars talking about their tribulations with finding love. Gimme a break!
neither do i , i never kept a job i didn't like long enough to really hate it . as close as i came was in my early years of being an hvac tech and i got every dirty , heavy , crappy job . but action on my behalf made sure i did not stay in that job . .
You make some good points and overall solid post. I am going to make a few comments nevertheless. I am repping the post even with my minor quibbles. Then again I always have those.
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Trouble is only 1 in 4 make it to 90. Therefore it still isn't 30 years yet for the 3 out of 4 who do not make 30 years.
What are the statistics for those who make it to 60 and are healthy in terms of reaching 90? And 1 in 4 is still a lot of people, particularly those in a white collar demographic. That is important as industrial or manual workers may not physically be able to do their old job no matter how healthy they are at 60 whereas professionals (other than manual professionals such as dentists) may be able to continue working.
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Then you also need to see who has the resources to not work after 62 which is probably more than half of those 75%. Not much of a joke when at 63 you get laid off from your $14.00 an hour assembly job and you haven't got a degree in medicine or law. Not much of an opportunity to continue in the work force.
I totally agree with you. I think there needs to be a national conversation on that issue since Medicare has pushed out life spans but not increased protections from layoff. And age discrimination laws are toothless.
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So if after 30 or 40 years of working at GM assembling autos or Tupperware running a molding machine if a person isn't ready for a change then great. I will though say that I don't know anyone in those circumstances that would not want to hang up the work gloves and just relax and enjoy life.
I agree that they may long to hang up the gloves. Whether they'd want to put them back on is an open question.
i know SIEMENS ,FUJI and YASKAWA IQ-PUMP series . not the hvac series though of siemens and yaskawa . we do not sell them , they go through their own distributors in the hvac field . we have the variable torque and constant torque industrial drive lines .
You make some good points and overall solid post. I am going to make a few comments nevertheless.
What are the statistics for those who make it to 60 and are healthy in terms of reaching 90? And 1 in 4 is still a lot of people, particularly those in a white collar demographic. That is important as industrial or manual workers may not physically be able to do their old job no matter how healthy they are at 60 whereas professionals (other than manual professionals such as dentists) may be able to continue working.
I totally agree with you. I think there needs to be a national conversation on that issue since Medicare has pushed out life spans but not increased protections from layoff. And age discrimination laws are toothless.
I agree that they may long to hang up the gloves. Whether they'd want to put them back on is an open question.
for a healthy 65 year old couple statistically one of them will stand a bit less than a 50% chance of seeing 90
for a healthy 65 year old couple statistically one of them will stand a bit less than a 50% chance of seeing 90
Thank you. That's why I think that voluntary retirement that young is a bad idea.
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