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Some say that because many people are living much longer, the age at which people retire from work should be raised considerably. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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It is a fact that
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 for a variety of reasons
people
 live longer than they used to the question is: should
this
 be a reason for raising the
age
 at which
people
 retire? One advantage of increasing the
age
 at which
people
 stop working is that it will help the state by generating more money.
People
 in work pay the pensions of those in
retirement
, so the longer
people
 stay in work, the less the rest of the population will have to pay towards pensions . Another advantage of having a later
retirement
age
 is that an occupation tends to keep
people
 fulfilled and even healthier and so it is beneficial to keep them working longer,
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Currently the normal
retirement
age
 is about 55 or 60. in the past
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when
people
 died younger ,They could look forward to only a few years more life. Nowadays they may have 30 to 40 years of leisure ahead of them feeling that they no longer contribute anything valuable to society.
However
, for ,me the disadvantages of postponing
retirement
 outweigh the advantages.
Firstly
,
although
 older
people
 obviously bring to the profession a great deal of experience, they gradually become less enthusiastic and less willing to adapt to changes. Young
people
 are more adaptable and should not have to wait until the seniors leave to get a job.
Secondly
, many
people
 simply don’t want to spend so much of their life working. They want to spend time with their children or grandchildren or to use that time for things like travelling before they grow too old to enjoy it .I
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therefore
 feel the
retirement
age
 should be raised only slightly, if at all.
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