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Just over half of Americans over the age of 65 are earning under $30,000 a year, and it shows how stark the retirement crisis is (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] errer@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not everyone was lucky enough to buy a house…

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Didn't pull hard enough on those bootstraps

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Too much cocaine toast back in the 80s otherwise they'd be millionaires