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In reply to the discussion: Really hate this "if you work at a diner" line on SS [View all]RebelOne
(30,947 posts)40. I worked until I was 71.
I wanted to continue working, but I was laid off. I wasn't let go because of my age. Three others were laid off that same day including my boss, and they were in the 40s and 50s. The company was downsizing and was eliminating jobs.
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The hard nosed strong CEO, able to make the hard calls. I call them sociopaths. n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#63
You should not have to depend on it, but very often, when you need it most, you catch a break!
Dustlawyer
Dec 2012
#21
I know a lot of people who were bought out at 59 and had find other work to survive
liberal N proud
Dec 2012
#13
I'mm 62 and work harder than ever at three part time jobs that pay me what I was earning ....
marble falls
Dec 2012
#6
Yep, I didn't get much beyond 65 and then only barely. For one thing, I was being paid the most
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#12
I also noticed that Joe wasn't on set for that interview. Mika tried to carry water for him, tho,
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#14
Oh, I think Sherrod is seriously against raising the eligibility age for Medicare.
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#19
I'll have to check the video of that segment. I got a different sense from what he was saying.
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#26
I have always worked for nonprofits, but they can be as bad as for profits in terms of getting
CTyankee
Dec 2012
#39
I fully agree about the desk jobs. God knows that many very physical jobs ruin people's
Nay
Dec 2012
#25
Many companies force people out at 65 - then what? Become a greeter at walmart?
peacebird
Dec 2012
#29
Yes, that's the plan. We are pretending millions have not faced age discrimination
Overseas
Dec 2012
#33
The entire concept of what a job is in this country needs to be rethought than this
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#30
And I really have no idea how change is going to come about. Most people want fairness, not
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#46
Definitely, and excellent post of yours you referenced!!! The things you mentioned would
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#51
Love Sherrod Brown. He's just trying to wake up the CEO types and Congress people.
Overseas
Dec 2012
#31
Let's not forget early retirement offers, and then health insurance disappeared
JPZenger
Dec 2012
#35
You capture the current climate so well. The cruelty has veered way over into absurd levels of mean.
Overseas
Dec 2012
#68
This happened basically with a couple of my companies. We were given incentive stock to
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#47
Yep, exactly. And some of us, myself certainly included, fall for it hook, line and
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#62
More tension on what is already a very thin thread holding all this together.
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#42