Want to Retire Young?
I can tell you how.
1) Move to Israel
2) Become Arab:
Only 20% of Arab women in Israel work, while Arab men retire from the workforce at the age of 40 to 44, according to a new study on the participation rate of Israel’s Arabs in the workforce.
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According to the researchers, an important factor explaining Arabs’ retirement from the workforce at a relatively early age is the high rate of Arabs employed in professions requiring physical fitness.
In light of the fact that physical ability declines with age, the participation in these professions drops. The fact that many foreign workers are employed in Israel allows employers to replace the Arab workers whose physical fitness has declined with other laborers.
The researchers also note that Arab men have the option to receive an income from various governmental aid organizations, which allows them to retire once their physical abilities diminish. This is joined by characteristic influences of the Arab society, including the common phenomenon of children supporting their parents from an early age.
That’s right, you can spend your golden years (about 30-40 of them) playing golf, sailing, or sipping espresso in the village square if you simply retire on income provided to you by the government and your children.
Some Apartheid State, huh? Well, call me a Boer, but it sounds like a good deal to me.
Here in the USA, we heartlessly and cruelly make men in the 40s continue at manual labor. And 50s. I’ve even seen men in their 60s toting that barge and lifting that bale. And getting a little drunk. And landing in jail.