Working Old People To Death, The Disposable Elderly 👥 Elder Gal

[appalachiablue]

- Elder Gal (EG), March 8, 2026. (12:43 mins). Older people, especially in the U.S. are having to work in retirement and past retirement age.

1 in 5 seniors are still out there working beyond age 65 because they don't have enough money.
Working at Walmart, often part-time as a greeter standing on your feet for hours is one example. But most people aren't healthy enough to do that. Seniors are also struggling in some other countries like the UK.

41% of people age 64 do not have any money saved for retirement. People are often unable to save because wages in the U.S. are so low. Younger people need to know the reality. 🔉

[brer cat]

1. It breaks my heart when I see older people working,

especially those standing. We should have done much better for them. Not everyone had a job where they could possibly put away savings for retirement.

[appalachiablue]

2. I agree, well said. It's appalling esp with the great wealth here in the US. It's going back to a very small

middle class and a large, struggling lower class. A return to horrid conditions in the Gilded Age and the era of Victor Hugo in France, Dickens in England and Europe with beggars on the street, crime, starvation, gangs, debtors prisons, workhouses for the poor and sick, and prison.

[appalachiablue]

3. Above, Read Interesting Posts in YouTube VIDEO'S Comment Section. Click *Watch On YOUTUBE*

In the *YouTube Comments for the Video above read about Lifting the Cap for Social Security/Medicare to cover more costs, doing something about very high medical costs that cause most of the bankruptcies in America, and much more...

READ ALSO, from DU's Senior Group:

The Shame Pipeline, How America Quietly Eliminates Its Poor & Elderly, Jan. 2026
https://democraticunderground.com/118313296
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* MUSK'S LEGACY: 75 year old "Stroke survivor can't access benefits as Social Security engulfed in 'turmoil' under Trump." Man Can't Drive, doesn't have a computer.
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.. The Indiana SSA worker told the Post of a recent case involving a 75-year-old man who recently suffered a major stroke that left him unable to drive to the local field office to verify information needed to change his banking information. The man also said he did not have access to a computer to help him change the information online...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220897945

[question everything]

4. While the current occupant of the White House and family members are raking billions into their pockets

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. I fully expected to work until age 70

I was let go from my last full time permanent job when I was 66 and 3 months (2023). I was eligible for full Social Security at 66 and 6 months. But I still wanted to work, so I applied for jobs. Actually, I was hired for 4 different jobs over the next 2.5 years. I even moved from Texas to New Mexico for one. But for one reason or another, none lasted more than 3 months. The unemployment benefits ran out and I started taking Social Security. My credit card balances started getting bigger. Finally, I threw in the towel last December and moved to an apartment I could afford on just my SS. I'm done looking. People just don't want to hire 69 year old fat women with gray hair and bad knees. I'm focusing on my mental and physical health for AT LEAST 6 months.

I'm selling my car, which I hardly use now, so I can pay back the money my brother loaned me to make the deposits and move. I'll be able to buy a "beater" or just go without for a while and put a few thousand in the bank for emergencies. I'm filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy to dispose my credit card debt.

Before I was let go from that job I was debt free and had a 750 credit score. I got my first full time job 51 years ago. Now I'm 69 & 4 months. My mother died at 69 & 6 months. I was her care giver for the last 10 years of her life, from when I was 37 to 47. I never married or had children. My brother plans on moving to Mexico when he retires in 2 years. He has a nice house that's mostly paid for and a much better pension than my $1,924 a month SS.

So I'm going to buy a vehicle I can sleep in and hit the road. I'll be damned if I don't at least see some of the U.S. before I kick the bucket. Unlike my mother, I hope to celebrate my 70th birthday. Beyond that, who knows? Her sister made it to 96!

[appalachiablue]

6. Thanks for this note, really interesting. Older life presents lots of challenges and some gifts

too, hopefully. All the best working on your health and enjoy the road travels.
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I'm focusing on my mental and physical health for AT LEAST 6 months.