The following piece by Harold Meyerson appeared in The American Prospect. Can Republicans keep building their support among working-class voters? Not if the Republicans have anything to say about it. Earlier today, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) released its recommendations for the fiscal 2025 budget. Among its particulars was a real working-class winner: raising the retirement age… Source
Everyday expenses and housing costs, including rent and mortgage payments, are the biggest reasons why people are unable to save for retirement.
Back in 2016 The Louisiana Legislature passed the Raise the Age act, to send 17-year-old criminal defendants from the adult justice system into the juvenile justice system; but now it's being reversed.
Canadian linebacker Charlie Moore has retired from professional football at the age of 26. “After a lot of careful consideration, I have decided to retire,” said Moore in a statement. “This decision wasn’t easy, however I feel that it is the best choice for me at this time. I thank Coach Dickenson and Coach (Mark)
Matt Ryan, who was named the NFL's most valuable player in 2016, has
Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is not “necessary” to prevent small boat crossings, Lord David Cameron has said.
Hope Murray retired in 2013 after a 50-year career that ranged from game show producer to Hollywood party planner to casino executive. She settled into a life of golf, game nights and pickleball in her San Diego community, her daughter living nearby. Then things got more expensive. Gas was nearly $5 a gallon, medication costs […]
The earnings of immigrants decline as they age due to the informal nature of their jobs and lower contributions to social pension benefits.
The average age at which people in the Netherlands are retiring has increased to 65 years and 11 months, three months up on 2022, national statistics agency CBS said on Monday. Last year, 86,000 people officially retired. The average age at which people stop work has been increasing steadily since 2013 when the state pension age began increasing. Last year, 75% had reached the age of 65 but in 2013 43% were 65 or older and in 2003 just 14%. Early retirement
A retired geologist has claimed he's found a lost Bronze Age settlement in his backyard — after learning to identify artifacts by watching "Time Team," a popular TV series in the U.K. that features specialists who work to uncover details about Britain's archaeology and history. Andrew Beckly of Wellington, in Somerset, England, has amassed a horde of more than 2,500 artifacts, including blades and axes, after a chance discovery under his own lawn, according to SWNS, the British news service. He...
Will Ospreay and Bryan Danielson delivered a thrilling match at AEW Dynasty on Sun., April 21. It ended on a bit of kayfabe controversy, however. Referee Bryce Remsburg was calling for doctors to check on Danielson as he sold an injury from Ospreay’s version of the Tiger Driver ‘91, but the British wrestler didn’t notice and hit a spasming Bryan with his Hidden Blade finisher. The camerawork and commentary made it clear Danielson’s injury was storyline, but the way they’ve continued the angle...
The Tánaiste said if Justice Minister Helen McEntee proposes amendments to the bill, it could be re-examined at committee level.