evidence: Lower the retirement age? 30% of Gen Zers, millennials say 60 or younger While Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley wants to raise the retirement age of younger Americans to prevent Social Security funds from running out, more than half of them say it should be lowered, says a new survey. [...] Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley touched off a national discussion about the appropriate retirement age recently when she said, "65 is way too low" and should be raised to shore up Social Security and Medicaid.