You're all aware of the national debt and how every year we're losing trillions more and the interest rates more than the defense budget, all that stuff. But let me just put a number that's a bit more helpful, make you optimistic. The average American retires at age 61. Obviously, Medicare doesn't even hit you till 65. So they're retiring before they're getting their Medicare benefits, before Social Security fully kicks in. (35:20–35:27)
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Asserts that the average American retires at age 61, before Medicare eligibility at 65.
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