Originally Posted by rickair7777

This whole argument is disingenuous, and it keeps coming up.

The US is *not* a homogeneous society, like Japan and Scandinavia which everyone contrasts us to.

US general population statistics is 100% garbage if applied to upper middle-class professionals, especially those who not only have the means but also actually have an incentive to be healthy to keep their jobs.

My premise is if .gov wants to deprive us of some of our liberty than do some science on the relevant demographic. It's OK if they take the time to do it right before potentially raising the age.