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88-year-old veteran who was working five days a week can finally retire after crowdfunding raises $1M for him
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2025
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How many more out there like him? We gonna crowdfund all of them too? Seems like a decent retirement system would be more efficient. Too bad we're fresh out of taxpayer benefits. Plenty of money for harassing and kidnapping civilians though.
Where the fuck all that social security money go?
The Republicans keep robbing it and refuse to actually have rich people provide their share?
Bezos and Musk pay their entire share which they will likely never need in a few minutes at the start of each year.
Payton?