I saw the video of this gentleman. 88 years old, and working retail to make ends meet.
He worked for GM but they “stole” his pension.
His sick - now deceased wife’s medical bills took whatever was left.
THIS is a great story. And THIS is America.
OBAMA STOLE MILLIONS FROM GM WORKERS
I saw an interview of another man whose wife became disabled and eventually died. He had to quit his job to care for her and they lived off her disability check.
When she died he had to pay medical bills and rent, but couldn’t afford both.
Now he lives in a tent.
The story in the post and the one I mentioned represent one reason why some people in other countries don’t want the American system, especially the American medical system.
I met another person who retired from General Motors. He was still working when he was 84 because he had a pension from GM and lost everything.
Years ago there were defined benefit retirement plans. If you worked for a company for x number of years you were ‘guaranteed” a certain amount of money - as long as the company was solvent. A lot of people who worked for GM lost their benefits.