and is open to raising the retirement age for people with not-physically-demanding jobs.

not clearly stated whenever people advocate raising the retirement age, by which they mean the Full Retirement Age for SS. Invariably the people that suggest it are those who work far fewer hours per year than most people. They work at, as you pointed out, not-physical-demanding jobs. And invariably they work at well-paying jobs with excellent benefits, work they find satisfying. They get promoted regularly.

Vast numbers of other workers don't have such easy working conditions, often crappy benefits, few raises -- some are even forced to accept lower wages for the same job at various times. And even jobs that aren't manual labor can wear people out.

On a related note, I've long thought that a 40 hour work week is too long. And I'm talking to actually working exactly 40 hours, no overtime, no answering emails at home or any of that. The workweek should be about 30 hours, with actual overtime greatly discouraged, and paid for at double time, not merely time and a half. I know, a bit of a pipe dream, but that's what I'd impose, were I Dictator of North America.

there was a lot of talk about a 32-hour work week. That talk fizzled when Reagan destroyed America.

This would lower health care costs (less stress and sickness) and lower unemployment (more workers needed).

of a twenty hour work-week, although that was largely connected to a fear that rampant "automation" would destroy jobs.

And, as I'm sure you and everyone else here knows, the reason we got the 40 hour work-week back during the Great Depression was to create more jobs. To the astonishment of bosses everywhere, workers accomplished more during 40 hours than they previously had during 60.

Bernie has been talking about SSI expansion for years, more than a decade. He is a single senator among many. It could be legitimately argued that Sanders has been the voice in the wilderness for the middle class and poorer Americans for decades and it is the direct reason he does not enjoy the broad support like HRC is because of that. He makes them uncomfortable as he is pushing the hard questions and demanding real solutions. Not the solutions that keep the rich in control and their SuperPACs full of money.

Then we need to overhaul SSI and make it a real retirement program. On the other hand, we could just go to a minimum income plan and fix the problem cradle to grave. That would be awesome

Stop sending our jobs overseas. Stop destroying pension plans. Support a decent retirement age for workers with strong social security benefits.

Either that or they might just find the tables turned in a way they are not anticipating. Talk about entitled. Those at the top of this status quo pyramid are the entitled ones that could stand to be taken down a notch or two.

If you don't support SS you are not a Democrat.

Thanks for the thread, portlander.