There is certainly a critical mass of people who want that flexibility and who can accommodate it in their retirement plans, because they have a company pension, or they have other resources and want to wind down, or they want to see their grandchildren more. There's certainly a critical mass of people who want that kind of flexibility.
There is only one caution I would add to that, which is that it should not be taken by employers as an opportunity to exploit a group of people who take the job they get offered because that's the only one on offer, because many people also have continuing needs.
You were right in the beginning of your remarks when you said that people haven't planned enough so they can actually retire at 55 if they want to. That's an issue of savings, and earning on those savings. Another part of our advocacy is for a proper pension plan so that the people can have those choices.
A critical problem for them is also that many don't take into account the kinds of added expenses they're going to face, whether it be health care issues...and so on. That also drives many back to the workplace.