Callers sound off on the affects of an aging society

By Thomas Fudge / Science and Technology Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published May 23, 2006 at 9:00 PM PDT

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

America's baby boomers will begin reaching the tradition retirement age at the end of this decade. And there's every reason to believe our nation's population bulge will be old, and alive, for many ye

America's baby boomers will begin reaching the tradition retirement age at the end of this decade. And there's every reason to believe our nation's population bulge will be old, and alive, for many years to come.

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Mario Garrett . Professor and chairman of the Gerontology Department at San Diego State.

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