This Social Security move 'can alleviate, if not eliminate' the retirement crisis

It would be great if lots of people could wait until they are 70. But what if their company forces them out? I was put on Social Security as soon as I reached the earliest age, since I was on SS disability.

Do you folks know why 65 was originally set as the age to qualify for Social Security? Because not many people then lived to be that old!

I know the government is gradually increasing the age when people are eligible. They don't have any choice, since current workers are paying for Social Security for the retired folks--and we're getting fewer and fewer younger people. Many of us are baby boomers, so there are a lot of us!

I just hope the whole program is not done away with. I think people should at least get the amount of money they paid when they were working.