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  • elephantium@lemmy.worldtome_irl@lemmy.worldme_irl
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    6 days ago

    But it’s not supposed to be that way.

    You’re too focused on this, IMO. I can’t fix the injustice here all by my lonesome. What I can do is live beneath my means, save up the extra (and I’m fortunate to have extra after paying for the bare minimum), and have something beyond social security for my own retirement. That’s all any individual can do.

    In a group? In the US, you can vote according to who you think will run Social Security better. But in practical terms, that’s a choice between bad and worse. I don’t like it any more than you do, but I don’t see a realistic alternative in the near future.

    In the UK (or other countries)? Someone else will have to weigh in there.


  • Let’s see how I do without looking anything up

    NFL - Easy! (American) Football.

    Lakers - Basketball?

    Red Sox - Baseball.

    Hockey - Huh. The only team I know of is the one in my own state. I don’t have a clue where the rest of the franchise is.

    I give myself a 2/4 grade before I even check the answers.

    Looking things up…Huh.

    The Lakers are based in Los Angeles, and there are two hockey teams there (well, one is in Anaheim. I’m not sure whether that “should count”). The Kings and the Ducks.

    The Red Sox are based in Boston which also has a hockey team, the Bruins.

    I should probably also look up football teams, but meh. I just lost interest in looking up sports tidbits.



  • elephantium@lemmy.worldtome_irl@lemmy.worldme_irl
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    6 days ago

    I didn’t read it that way. It’s just a fact. If you had enough money saved/invested, you could reasonably retire today. If you don’t have anything saved, you can’t afford to retire at any age.

    As the OP shows, even the pension system in the UK (or social security in the US) amounts to little more than a sick joke in comparison to the actual cost of living.

    I know I’m not saying anything new, I’m just rephrasing the GP’s point in a particularly verbose way.