SS retirement age increased to 67 for full benefits (for those born after 1960). Thoughts?

No it didn’t. it happened in 1983.

https://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/IncRetAge.html

Same here. I'm 4 months shy of 65 and I expect to retire in another 2-3 years. I've been socking away money into tax-deferred retirement accounts all my life, and I never considered SS in my retirement planning either. Like Jogger262, whatever I get from SS will be a small bonus.

That's me, I'll be on the cruise. Thank you for your service!

People are talking past each other. The age increase did go into effect last year based off a law signed in 1983.

War is the worst thing conceived by mankind, but it's never going away. The least that the US gov't can do is keep it off our soil. In developing the Articles of Confederation our founders only had to contend with one adversary. Recent administrations have to contend with many more. The job description has changed and so have the necessary strategies.

That's exactly what it is

Maybe we should return the statue of liberty ?

SS is exactly a pension. It's forced savings. What's the point of being forced to put money into it (or go to jail) when they want to make it impossible for hard working americans to receive what they put in?

This is THEFT, plain and simple. Congress could have (and should have) passed a new bill to keep the date the same. We should be protesting peacefully in the streets and refusing to work until this changes.

If you're hoping that Americans might respond to Congress ripping them off with mass protests, don't bother. The truth is that tens of millions of americans are not just happy but proud to be suckers. It's not ignorance. They're not being tricked into it. They WANT to work until the day they die. They WANT ultra-wealthy goblins to call them "entitled" and steal their social security checks, just as long as other people are getting the shaft, too.
They believe that dignity is somehow obtained by bearing repeated indignities without complaint.

the increase happened in 2022

Nobody is trying to attack america. You are high.

As a result of stealing tax payer money for military spending, america can't care for its own people >> america is the weakest developed nation on earth as a result of self-harm.

The strongest countries on earth take care of their own people first.

That's all the US has become - a supporting apparatus for the owners of the military–industrial complex ( who are mall cops for rich america). This is how this business works:

Step 1) Create military products
Step 2) Create false enemies
Step 3) Create false narratives
Step 4) Create a "cool kids club" (NATO)
Step 5) Have taxpayers of the US and other countries of the "cool kids club" pay for the military products.

Steps 2 and 3 are being repeated on demand.

As a result, we have brainwashed americans thinking the US is constantly in danger of an attack, so they go to work and then gladly give their hard earned money to the owners of the military–industrial complex.

How much? You give $200 - 300 a month to the military in your federal taxes.... FOR LIFE, every month.

Will that give america universal healthcare, better healthcare outcomes, vacation, cheap drugs, guaranteed paid sick days, required paid vacation?

Old news...EOT

Correct, it is a pension and was only meant as a SUPPLEMENT...not to provide 100% of retirement benefits. Our current retirement savings dynamic in the US is abysmal and as corporate pensions were mismanaged and went away we are left with individuals being responsible for saving on their own.

Work in corporate American and a startling amount of retirees die after a few months of leaving the work force. I’ll just enjoy being a hard working millennial. No guarantees in this life.

Very true Rick! Keep up the good work and find balance. Nothing is guaranteed now or later.

The increase you are complaining about became law in 1983 (40 years ago).

The IRA/401k system in the US is unmatched anywhere in the world, and over the last 40 years has created literally tens of millions of retired millionaires who use their social security checks to party with.

This is a spurious argument, because this vague "life expectancy" metric isn't merely about when someone gets old. The 1935 guy risked dying of lots of things during infancy and youth that are no longer so dangerous.

The fact that it's easier to survive to age 65 now doesn't imply anything at all about his needs at that age. A 65 year old is no more able to work now than in the past, merely more common. It also implies nothing about how much of what he's paid in he should be allowed to withdraw.

The problem is that the only thing FDR could sell in 1935 was a revolving-account concept with no safeguard against default and the account holders getting ripped off. The public was stupid to accept it.

American politics produces almost nothing intelligent or competent.