Why does the government get to decide when we retire?

Like I said, they don't. You can retire today. They decide when you get access to a national retirement plan. Citizens of the country vote for that plan and how it is implemented.

	▲	foxyv 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I personally could retire today. Most people can't. There is no referendum I remember where we decided to raise the retirement age. It seems like our government just kind of decided to do so.

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seanmcdirmid 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Couldn’t you say the same thing about social security or pensions? There is a lot of economic forces that direct people to work until a certain age, the government controlling a benefit is only one of them. As to why, you’ll need to dissect representative democracies in Singapore’s case.

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rayiner 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You can retire whenever you want, but you specifically would probably die in the wilderness.

	▲	foxyv 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You apparently know very little about me. Edit: Although, when my time comes as it inevitably will, I think the wilderness would be a nice place to do it. Maybe in a tree.