05-05-2014, 07:07 PM
They don't count for all of it, but count for some, and as Breand pointed out they will continue to count for a pretty steady decline of people leaving the workforce over the next several years.. The other good point is that birth rates have consistently been going down so there will be less people clamoring for our jobs 15-20 years down the road. At least from personal experience I know my Dad (and a lot of his similarly aged folk) is retiring early this year at 61.