And then, there's this bit of joy...the old people who aren't so old are stealing my money! Goddamn the widow Doonesbury.
"A lot of people who in better times would have continued working are opting to retire," said Alan J. Auerbach, an economics and law professor at the University of California, Berkeley. "If they were younger, we would call them unemployed. "Job losses are forcing more retirements even though an increasing number of older people want to keep working. Many can't afford to retire, especially after the financial collapse demolished their nest eggs.
Weimar Republic, anyone? Little gratuitous Liza and Joel?
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