Research Paper on:
Mandatory Age for Retirement Should be Implemented

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other areas have no such mandate. And, with the recent growths in technology and medicine, there are many arguing that a mandatory retirement age should be lifted. In the following  paper we present the argument that a mandatory retirement age should be in effect, based essentially on the reality that our country is run, economically and socially, on a system  that requires us to have people in the retirement bracket. This does not mean that the mandatory retirement age should not be extended past 60, where it resides in most  places today, but that a mandatory retirement age is essential in our country based on the system established long ago. Argument "Only a generation ago, retirement in rich countries  went by the book. The book generally said that men were entitled to a pension at age 65, women sometimes earlier," with most people working diligently on, with the reality  being that "In 1970, in most OECD countries 70-80% of men aged 60-64 were still at work" (Anonymous A gradual goodbye: if people are living longer, they will have to  work longer too, 1996; p. S5). Over twenty years later that proportion has been cut in half. The other half of that number "quietly taken early retirement, often at their  employers suggestion. The arrangement suited both sides" (Anonymous A gradual goodbye: if people are living longer, they will have to work longer too, 1996; p. S5). This reality is  due largely to the fact that many organizations, businesses and corporations, need to keep up with societys demands and desires. There needs to be new blood, to some extent, in  any organization, and with elderly workers this is normally not a reality. Although many elderly individuals may be foreword thinkers, statistics demonstrate that more often than not, the older people