You have to laugh at what happened last month in France. Riots everywhere. The entire country was shut down. No garbage pickups, no oil tank ships could dock and pump fuel, no busses, airline porters were all gone, airline travellers were schlepping their own bags to the airport, the whole country was shut down.
Why?
They, the French politicians, wanted to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. Oh – Boo Hoo! Please let me get a hankie! I need to dry my tears.
This was not so much about raising the retirement age as it was a union busting measure. The unions control France, and a lot of European countries. You couldn’t get anything done in France in October because all the union organizers were protesting about the retirement age being increased from 60 to 62 and the union folks were upset that the government was trying to break the union stranglehold on the country.
It almost worked. But the proposal passed by a narrow margin and the new retirement age is 62. The French get full retirement at 62 and I have to wait until I am 66.
Unless John Boehner has his way and does away with Social Security all together. Of course that might be the day that the folks from the National Rifle Association (NRA) get out their guns and do away with John. That would really be a riot.
Can you see why I am so upset?
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For Taking Early Retirement (TER), I hope you are enjoying a great retirement or are close to that day!
Jeremiah John
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