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Following that argument, and with the dropping life expectancy in the US, shouldn't people starting pension earlier?
Make no mistake - you have always been expected to work until you stopped being useful, then die. Social Security was there to deal with the remaining husks of those who beat the odds instead of having homeless old people dying in the streets where everyone could see it.
When the retirement age was set at 65, it was higher than the average life expectancy of Americans. Most people weren't expected to reach that age. But then we started living longer and fucking up the math.