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Title: Raise the Social Security Age to (At Least) 75
Source: Ludwig Von Mises Institute
URL Source: https://mises.org/wire/raise-social-security-age-least-75
Published: Jan 27, 2023
Author: Ryan McMaken
Post Date: 2023-01-27 01:26:01 by Charles_Byrd
Keywords: None
Views: 79

On January 10, the French government announced plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The change would mean that after 2027, workers in France would have to work 43 years to qualify for a government pension, instead of 42 years. French workers promptly took to the street in protest decrying even this very small reduction government welfare.

Like many countries in Western Europe and North America, France faces a major demographic problem in that its population is aging and demanding ever larger amounts of public pension funds. Meanwhile, the younger working-age population is shrinking as birth rates continue to fall. So, the French state is looking for ways to stay relatively solvent.

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