@dancinyogi
Think about how many 60+ people who used their bodies in construction, etc. to make a living there are. They are worn out and can't work anymore. They don't have office skills or temperaments. In so called right to work states, they often didn't make enough for much savings, so until they can get SS and Medicare, they're effed.
And in most places, SS isn't enough to survive on. If you have a spouse that also gets SS, when one dies, the paltry income is cut in half. Things are bad out here.