cm0002@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 1 month ago

81-Year-Old Waitress in US Can't Retire, Struggles With $910 Social Security

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81-Year-Old Waitress in US Can't Retire, Struggles With $910 Social Security

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cm0002@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 1 month ago

The elderly waitress cannot retire as her £703 monthly Social Security cheques don't cover the bills. A generous woman recently set up a GoFundMe account and plans to surprise the 81-year-old with the donations so that she can finally retire.

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I hate these “and then people pitched in to help” stories.

These are known as “feel-good feel-bad” stories.

https://thinkprogress.org/do-the-impossible-never-complain-live-the-dream-the-dark-morals-of-todays-feel-good-stories-63b38b4a4953/

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