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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (13 children)

67-year-old At $1,200 a month, her pension doesn’t even cover her housing needs.

I don't know her circumstances, but at her age (and generation), she should have already paid off her mortgage 20 years ago. $1200 mortgage-free would be like retiring like a millionaire! Or at least, that's how the "old way" was set up.

I guess she's experiencing what the current, and future generations, will have to experience. And that makes me incredibly anxious. 😱

[–] Mannimarco 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

At 67 most of us will still be working, if (and that's a BIG if) we ever retire at all

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Who the fuck gives me a job when I am 67?

[–] Jimmyeatsausage 10 points 10 months ago

Walmart, McDonald's...the same kinds of jobs people say "shouldn't pay enough to live on"

[–] SchmidtGenetics -1 points 10 months ago

Governments it seems

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's honestly my biggest fear. What's the point of working 45+ years, and not even have enough money left to enjoy the approx. 15 years in the worst health of your life without needing to work?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Providing shareholder value, mostly.

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