What is retirement?

Retirement is generally accepted as being the period of life when a person is eligible for retirement benefits and, therefore, able to leave the workforce.

In the United States, the Social Security Act established by President Roosevelt allowed for people to receive Social Security benefits at 65, thereby setting the retirement age as such. It’s not a law that people retire at 65, but more of an ideological expectation. After all, why would a person not want to reti...


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