A pitch to stay active into retirement
Retirement News : Seniors : A pitch to stay active into retirement
Date Added: 08-06-2005
Governor Mitt Romney said yesterday he wants to make sure baby boomers remain committed to volunteering and to helping build the Bay State's economy as they reach retirement age.
Romney said his generation and age group ''have enjoyed the liberty, have enjoyed the economic opportunity, and have enjoyed the education we've been given."
''Now time has turned, and how will history judge us, as the most selfish generation?" said Romney, 58. ''I sure hope not. As the 'me' generation? I sure hope not. It's essential that we as a generation put back into the system."
Touting the contributions of baby boomers -- their breakthroughs in technology and perspective on history -- alongside the problems that have been created -- namely, pollution and debt -- Romney explained his desire to take advantage of the boomers' ''volunteer spirit" to a group of about 400 aging-policy specialists. The group met the governor and his Cabinet at the Convention and Exhibition Center for a conference on aging.
''If America is going to retain its economic leadership, we're going to need to call on the skills and expertise of those of us who are in the baby boomer generation well beyond the age of 65," Romney said. ''That's something I think is vital to our continued primacy as a economic power."
The one-day meeting gathered specialists in the field to help state leaders develop suggestions for the White House Conference on Aging in December. baby boomers are defined as people born between 1946 and 1964, said state Secretary of Elder Affairs Jennifer Davis Carey.
The governor also touted his administration's proposal to provide a $10,000 tax credit for residents who house elderly relatives.
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