The place seemed quiet, most people having retired early so as to be fresh in the morning.
Like most people retiring, he wanted both to go and yet to stay.
One way to do so, he proposes, is to have most people retire later than age 65.
The cost to the Government would be big, but only in later years when many people were retiring.
It is not difficult to understand why people are retiring early.
But now, with people living longer or retiring earlier, they may be spending as much time, 25 to 35 years, in retirement.
"Why don't the older people retire and make room for the younger ones?"
Either from choice or because they cannot find employment, people are retiring earlier.
In addition, people retired at 65 and dropped dead within the next 5 years.
She has had to keep working at a time when most people her age have retired.