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Retirement in the USA meme: (Original Post) applegrove 7 hrs ago OP
Yeah, that about sums it up! CousinIT 7 hrs ago #1
Remember this woman BlueWaveNeverEnd 7 hrs ago #2
That was hard to watch. I hope they raised a bunch so she never has work. OGBuzz 6 hrs ago #4
$250,000 BlueWaveNeverEnd 6 hrs ago #5
That's great. 👍 OGBuzz 6 hrs ago #6
God damn this country sucks. FoxNewsSucks 1 hr ago #14
And people wonder... GiqueCee 6 hrs ago #3
Retirement has changed from enjoy, to survive! BidenRocks 5 hrs ago #7
Elderly are stealing our jobs. Deport the elderly! IronLionZion 5 hrs ago #8
That's sad..... BeneteauBum 5 hrs ago #9
Not a bad idea for a meme. Would've been better with real photos instead of particularly sloppy AI slop. highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #10
People who dliver my groceries are in their 20s Warpy 4 hrs ago #11
I used to say I was a beneficiary of the Bush Economic Miracle Turbineguy 3 hrs ago #12
The current US government is running a reverse 'go fund me' of sorts. Aussie105 3 hrs ago #13

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,515 posts)
5. $250,000
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 06:59 PM
6 hrs ago

A viral GoFundMe campaign raised more than $250,000 for 72-year-old Domino's delivery driver Barbara Gillespie after she fell while delivering a pizza in South Carolina. The fundraiser, titled "Bless You Barbara," was organized by Lacey Keighron and her family, whose doorbell camera captured the incident on February 2, 2023.
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FoxNewsSucks

(11,803 posts)
14. God damn this country sucks.
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:05 AM
1 hr ago

Republicons caused this, and the ignorant, gullible sheep vote for them anyway.

GiqueCee

(4,462 posts)
3. And people wonder...
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 06:50 PM
6 hrs ago

... why I hate the Der Republikanische Partei so much. If I have to explain it after you watch this, then there's little hope you'll ever understand.

BeneteauBum

(602 posts)
9. That's sad.....
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:23 PM
5 hrs ago

I’m retired and have to adhere to a budget. On the other hand, I live on a beautiful sloop and can travel to coastal areas for next to nothing. My friends call it living the dream….they’ve never tried to live on a boat.

Peace ☮️

highplainsdem

(62,609 posts)
10. Not a bad idea for a meme. Would've been better with real photos instead of particularly sloppy AI slop.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:59 PM
4 hrs ago

Warpy

(114,650 posts)
11. People who dliver my groceries are in their 20s
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 09:30 PM
4 hrs ago

My contemporaries have worked until the age of 75, saving every dime they could get. Mot have retired now but you can bet they're not traveling. Their homes are small and convenient, they tend to drive things like electric bicycle instead of cars, and there is not a palm tree nor swimming pool in sight. All of them are hoping they don't outlive their savings.

Door Dash is a bit strenuous for most of them, we all wrecked our bodies instead of sitting in padded furniture at desks. Graveyard shift at a gas kiosk is more doable.

All of this is the result of the systematic looting of the Americans who work hard to keep this country running in order to create and maintain an aristocratic class that is rich enough to remain so through their heris in perpetuity. If this post makes you fearul and angry, good. The predators are not finished.

Turbineguy

(40,127 posts)
12. I used to say I was a beneficiary of the Bush Economic Miracle
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 09:52 PM
3 hrs ago

I am retired and work two jobs.

Aussie105

(8,033 posts)
13. The current US government is running a reverse 'go fund me' of sorts.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 10:17 PM
3 hrs ago

Taking away money from retired people, the health and education systems, etc.

And you have no choice whether to contribute to the war funds and Trump & Co lining their pockets or not.

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