Originally Posted by
Andy
There was a decent amount of military medical data that was used to come up with 60. I know that oft-repeated story involving CR Smith and Quesada but it doesn't hold much water when one reviews all of the documents involved in the age 60 decision.
Did you know that they debated between mandatory retirement at 55 vs 60?
And was 60 any less arbitrary than 65?
18 to vote?
21 to drink alcohol?
62 for early social security retirement?
65 moving to 67 for normal social security retirement?
For all the data that was used to come up with 60 there was just as much to refute it. No 60 isn't less arbitrary than 65. So just eliminate the mandatory age all together. 18 to vote and 21 to drink has gone back in forth a couple of times. Moving social security from 65 to 67 was done in the middle of night congressional session.