So we're supposed to basically take early retirement and somehow support ourselves how exactly?

I have 12 or even 15 years before I reach retirement age.

If they want us to kill ourselves at least make it easily accessible.

For the Yahoo article, 858 comments and counting.

And yes Mycroftt, this is intentional, not just bungling by idiots running the show..

nothing new here...

My husband lost his job in July. It is the only job he has ever had. He started there at 17 and was basically thrown away at 55. He was the Complex Manager. Sadly, his job was eliminated as well as many others across the country. His confidence is gone. He is angry and he is sad/grieving.
I don't know what to do for him. We are in a position where he doesn't have to go back for a loonnng time unless he just wants to. We're not rich, we just don't owe alot of money. No mortgage and I have a good job. The hardest thing will be puttin him on my insurance which is going to be $449/month. We will squeek by. I just want him happy. He's been the "boss" for so many years 20+ I don't how he'll be when he has to answer to someone else. (sigh)

I really do not want to whine about my situation ...but past history has great meaning as they are/or can be a shared experience,,, I have come against a multitude of persons who have been similarly discarded. Even Obama has mentioned this in his speeches now and again when referring to jobs issues,, So it is a real problem,,,

The issue at hand is how does someone at 50 or 60 retrain for another skill set other than what he/she has done for last several dozen years under very different circumstances,, and even if he/she does ,, they have to compete in a dwindled down employment market ,,,despite the recovery numbers which are suspect anyway,,

It seems to me ..if you want to eliminated a ton of people who are on disability for depression and associated disorders, and save yourself a ton of SSDI payments, in this depressed jobs environment, you need to create adequate levels of employment by whatever means you have at your disposal ,,, and just not sit on circumstances and do next to nothing ,,,

It is not complicated math,, either you have these people working in which they pay into the system,, or you have these people living with depression and anxiety and just taking out of the system,,, it is not rocket science !!!!!!!!!!!!!!