yes it was posted a few days ago, but it is still good for laugh. I have a friend in the same boat almost, 57, lived with cheap rent his whole life, never worked full time, and worked under the table to boot, thought the hippie lifestyle would get him through.
Now life is about to smack him right across the head with a 2x4 because he can barely do the construction job he has done all his life and doesn’t even have any SS credits built up. So his golden years will be HOMELESS with $300 a month from SS.
Everyone, myself included has been telling him for 30 years what a big mistake he is making. He will be Homeless by the end of the year with nothing.
I have cousins that more or less did the same. While I was working my tail off and then got married and we worked our tails off, bought a house, etc., they were all out partying, the female cousin was screwing around having babies living on welfare. Now hubby and I are both early retired and have a nice set up for the rest of our lives. The cousins are dirt poor and all living together in a rental because they can’t make it any other way.
Going through life drunk and stupid is no way to live son.
I had a gibsmedat co-worker who complained that her mother couldn’t retire on her social security; when I asked what work her mother had done, she replied that she had watched children for cash (a career of choice in the ghetto). She mentioned her mother had to go back to work; when I asked what she was now doing...she went back to watching children for cash.
Parasites; they will never contribute anything, but take take take. The co-worker is trying get permanent disability; she was one of those forced off welfare when her children “aged out” of the freebies...
As a father and primary breadwinner, a big risk with working under the table is being injured on the job (never mind the lack of SS contributions you mention, or the lack of unemployment insurance). Here in NJ the underground economy is thriving with the illegals working under the table; Americans simply aren’t offered jobs in some sectors. The owners that use the braceros defend it by saying they can’t compete without them; they’d be underbid on any work by competitors that use them.