Today's Krugman

MANIFESTO

As he always seems to do, Krugman sagaciously discusses solons from both political parties thinking of destroying Social Security. Perhaps most troubling in the benighted attack is that the

currently fashionable idea of raising the retirement age even more than it will rise under existing law — it has already gone from 65 to 66, it’s scheduled to rise to 67, but now some are proposing that it go to 70 — is usually justified with assertions that life expectancy has risen, so people can easily work later into life. But that’s only true for affluent, white-collar workers — the people who need Social Security least.

A littel research shows this assertion demonstrated here.