return2ozmaSenator Bernie Sanders Report Warns Nearly Half of Older Americans 'Have No Retirement Savings'
SnausagesinaBlanketI have enough to last 8 months after working 45 years and having a heart attack and having to spend my life savings on medical bills.
Captain JanewayOut of curiosity, what was your job(s) for those 45 years?
what was your job(s) for those 45 years?
Out of curiosity, what does that matter?
stolyWhat a strangely hostile response to a perfectly reasonable question. If you don’t want people to comment on what you say, you really shouldn’t participate.
Clearly the guy is ashamed of his job for the majority of his life and the reason he didn’t want to share it is probably the reason they let themselves get stuck there for decades.
It’s a shame more people don’t accept help from others even in the form of discussion
|Clearly the guy is ashamed of his job for the majority of his life and the reason he didn’t want to share it is probably the reason they let themselves get stuck there for decades.
I was never stuck at any job and when I had my Heart Attack I was doing quite well.
Lmao.
What help>? To be criticized for not owning Apple stock?
Get over your disappointment of not being able to pry into my life,
and go get one yourself.
Waah waaah waaaaah I heard having a heart attack greatly reduces the chance of having another one
I heard having a heart attack greatly reduces the chance of having another one
This is mainly because having one spawns lifestyle changes.
I was shoveling snow and I never had a typical left arm numbness.
Instead I had pain in my mid back right between the shoulder blades
and otherwise felt fine. I thought it was a huge muscle spasm and the pain was
intense. I was never short of breath or had any cognitive issues and drove myself to the ER
3 miles cross town at 3am.
I’ve never blocked anyone on lemmy before, but I am so sick of you shitty passive aggressive assholes. You’re the first, you won’t be the last.
You’ve hit it on the head and all the naysayers here are just being oppositional.
Is them saying 45 years of working not enough? If they would have thought their job mattered they would have said that. You guys are just horny to say they did something wrong and they are cutting you off.
You guys are just horny to say they did something wrong and they are cutting you off.
Nailed it!
You’re projecting. I actually don’t care about the person or their story, but noticed someone have a little temper tantrum when someone asked a question in response.
Well said.
It is interesting that you assume that people are looking to break this person down, it really comes off as projection. In fact, we are curious about the type of job he had because that changes things. If he was a government employee, then retirement is required. If he was in public sector, then what you get will depend on employer. If you’re a contractor, then it is fully up to you to put money into it. We have no idea who this person is or what their experiences are like. Assuming the worst from us says more about you than anything.
Are you shidding and farding about what I said enough to send me 2 messages on this?
🚨Creep alert 🚨
Yeah you’re pretty toxic yo
Thanks babe. 💋
you really shouldn’t participate
Participate in posting my personal work history which as zero to do with this thread and would do nothing to add to it except to invade my privacy? Ok Chief.
I like to know what careers don’t provide retirement options. It helps me have a better understanding of what it means to work in that career. It’s not hard to believe any reasonable person would be curious about such things.
45 years is extremely long for most people to work. Starting at 20 years old, you’d retire at 65 years which used to be the point at which you garnered the full amount of your social security. So, I assume it was a trade of some sort with no pension or 401k and/or the pay was so poor that contributions were not really an option.
You don’t have to divulge your work history. I just like to learn about other people’s careers. Some people imply that trades pay decent, livable, wages. Other people imply otherwise. I’m only 30 and I’ve been a barista, telemarketer (sorry to the world), stocker, copywriter, IT, software engineer, marketing manager, data entry guy, etc. I’ve worn a lot of hats and many of those hats had very little in the way of retirement. I was fortunate to be able to leave those jobs in search of better paying opportunities but I can understand how some people are not afforded such options.
I’m not here to be a debate-lord. Good luck in everything. Hope you can manage.
It wasn’t that hostile. And they never said people couldn’t comment, that’s a straw man you built entirely on your own.
It’s called having a conversation…… someone says something. Someone else asks a question to stoke the conversation….
And like. Context as well. yes it is a diff conversation if they worked 45 years min wage vs 45 years as a mega corp ceo lol. It def is a valid question for someone to understand the conversation that’s happening.
No ones being hostile by trying to get context to continue the conversation that was totally friendly until they got butthurt for some weird reason.
JackbyDevYou could say the same thing about this comment.