[KC_for_Freedom]

I would hope he saved for retirement out of a 65K salary, but you never know, (ant and grasshopper)

Given that I like teaching and know Florida, Alabama, and Texas have teacher shortages, I would consider selling out, moving to the south and finding a more modest lifestyle and a teaching job paying abut half of what he had.

[RolandBurnam]

this guy has to be a dim bulb if he spends his time with a sign on the street.

[vikingcelt]

I don't understand why there is no sympathy for this man on this thread. Can't any of you put yourselves in his place? I read about him in the Wall Street Journal last week and I really felt for him and his wife. So he was making $65,000 per year? He was also raising three children to adulthood and that probably took most of his earnings. The one thing I didn't understand was the $2,000 per month rent. I wondered why they didn't own a home. The main thing brought home to me by the article in the WSF is the age bigotry that exists. It actually begins when people are in their 40's and gets progressively worse. Now that STINKS.

[Ga Rob]

Well now we wouldn't want him to actually take care of himself now would we?? It's always someone else's fault with these stories.

Someone posted earlier..."maybe he lost his 401k in the stock market",blah, blah.....diversify!!! Stocks, Bonds, Real Estate...jeeeezzz. Wooo is me.