Protest in France

Today in France they pass a bill that will raise the retirement age 62 which when first proposed cause massive protest around France shutting down airports,causing fuel shoratges and clashes with police. My view in this is that there american cousins have a retirement age of 65 and nobody complains about that, why arent i and my peers going to D.C. and telling Obama to lower the retirement age. Why a country of so many resources not have a perfect system in the area of heathcare. Well Obama did sign into law a healthcare reform that will take place in 2014 but in my view it aint enough.