... They may need to work longer to avoid retirement in poverty, but their health may prohibit them from doing so. Although life expectancy is expected to increase, people with low- income are expected the least amount of extra years. Clearly the benefit cut will hurt the workforce's already most disadvantaged workers. A lot of people enjoy working and find that when they retire they get bored with nothing to fill their day. Some people find leaving their jobs scary. They miss work and interaction with colleagues. They feel when they work, they have a certain position and know who they are and how they relate to other people. Their job becomes a part of their identity. When they retire, suddenly they have no commitments and they find it unnerving. There isn't the yoke of having to achieve things and need to keep the sense of motivation they had at work. ...

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