{"id":618600,"date":"2026-10-02T16:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/618600\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T16:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T16:20:11","slug":"can-we-make-social-security-better-for-blue-collar-workers-the-indicator-from-planet-money-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/618600\/","title":{"rendered":"Can we make Social Security better for blue-collar workers? : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1790958011_650_.jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2600x1463+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8a%2F5c%2F5416f33d40d195005399201b537d%2F4e59abfd-1115-49a5-9c8e-60865aeaca89.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Laborer drinks water a rail worksite.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Christophe Archambault\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Most workers can\u2019t start collecting full Social Security benefits until age 67. But a new proposal from Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens would allow workers in \u201cphysically demanding jobs\u201d to receive full retirement benefits at 60. Today, two social security experts tell us the pros and cons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fact checking by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/1268825622\/sierra-juarez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sierra Juarez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Your Next Listen\u00a0<br \/>\u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/lnk.to\/RsMpHV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iceberg ahead for Social Security<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Connect with The Indicator\u00a0<br \/>\u2014 Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/npr.org\/indicatornewsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Indicator\u2019s weekly newsletter<\/a>!\u00a0<br \/>\u2014 Buy the <a href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/i3AukBdDWE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Planet Money book<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\u2014 Find our <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/indicator_npr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">socials, YouTube and more<\/a>!\u00a0<br \/>\u2014 For sponsor-free episodes, <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.npr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">subscribe to NPR+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christophe Archambault\/Getty Images Most workers can\u2019t start collecting full Social Security benefits until age 67. But a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[138,246,111,139,69,244,245],"class_list":["post-618600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}