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Raising Social Security’s retirement age would slam low-wage workers yet again

By Karl Polzer
Published March 19, 2023 5:36am ET
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Raising Social Security’s retirement age would slam low-wage workers yet again
The life expectancy gap between high- and low-income retirees is growing. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower, File) | Bradley C Bower/AP

A proposal by Sens. Angus King (I-ME) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) to raise the Social Security retirement age to 70 would be a massive benefit cut, particularly affecting low-wage workers. If Congress enacts it, millions more Social Security taxpayers would not live long enough to collect a cent in retirement benefits.

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