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Rejected petition LOWER RETIREMENT AGE THUS CREATING JOBS

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IF RETIREMENT AGE IS LOWERED THIS WILL CREATE JOBS FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE AS DEPUTIES STEP UP THE LADDER AND TAKE THE RETIRED PERSON'S JOB AND SO ON AND SOFORTH.THERE WILL THEN BE A CONVEYER BELT OF WORKERS. IT DEFEATS THE OBJECT OF GETTING PEOPLE INTO WORK WHEN THE RETIREMENT AGE IS SO HIGH.

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