Playing the devli's advocate, the subtext here is that the boomers are going to hang around for a long time - even if they go part time.

How is this going to effect youth unemployment? While I realise that younger people don't often enter orgs at the senior or executive level, there are places such as line manufacturing where you need a vacancy before you can employ someone.

I don't want to start a generational war but the boomers do lay themselves open to being not only cultural imperialists re hogging the airwaves and TV but also hogging the jobs.

Maybe here not only for a good time but also a bloody long time!

Was Mr Howard right to open the non compulsory retirement. If we are living with work rules with no age limit. These people are quite entitled to remain in the best jobs.
Some are born to work and some are happy to retire, all depends on how hard you have had your working life.
So it is going to be hard to dislodge a workaholic from the top possy, under 90 years of age.