'Bout time the under-20s & over-60s get together & kill all the middle-aged, middle-class pigs, before they kill us.Fett is part of a growing population of seniors living in poverty without any retirement savings or a pension and is having to eke out an existence by working past retirement age or scraping to get by on state or federal assistance. She doesn’t have any family members she can reach out to for help.[...]Adults ages 65 and older are the only age group in the country that saw an uptick in the poverty rate last year, from 9.5% in 2020 to 10.7% in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, which factors in programs aimed at helping low-income families and individuals who are not included in the official poverty rate.[...]“What place can I find?” she said. “Even if I found something in someone’s house for $800 a month, if I spend $800 a month, then I wouldn’t have money for food or gas or anything else.”“It’s very hard,” she said. “You just don’t want to live anymore. There used to be a time when families would take in family members and they’d own a house for three generations. They just don’t take in family members anymore — they’re on their own.”
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