It might have something to do with people in their 60s and even 50s being all but unemployable. Since it is so difficult for older people to get and keep jobs how is raising the eligibility age not cheating them out of something they worked for?
What???!! I'm 62 and work 2 jobs and intend to probably until I'm 70. Husband too. My God, the congressmen work into their 90s. My sister is a "grandma" to 6 kids and is 60 and still works. You're talking about the "old old" --- not the "young old" - when we went to brunch on Easter I had to show my ID to PROVE I was 62! People are NOT "unemployable" in their 50s and 60s. My friend is 72 and she's still working full time. Lots of us are. Mainly because we want to keep busy and productive. I have no desire to knit or play shuffleboard.
Why would you knit and play shuffleboard then, if you retired?
I swear, the people who say they'd be "bored" if retired have no fuggin imagination whatsoever, no offense.