An article from Fortune reported that boomers have admitted they have no plans to retire because they like going to work, which will make promotions harder for Gen X and millennials.
One woman on TikTok pointed out the absurdity of the retirement age in the United States. We are expected to work our entire lives for under 11 years of retirement.
Spiking homelessness among the older population has younger generations feeling like boomers are getting a taste of their own medicine. The hope is that these financial struggles will unite instead of divide us because no one deserves economic insecurity.
A worker's disgust over an elderly woman's return to the workforce highlights not only major problems with the state of our current Social Security programs, but also the dismal outlook for the future of retirement.