my older brother and sister...bro served in Nam and sister was in college protesting...both hit the jackpot..sister retiring early in life from teaching and brother worked is way up to a regional sales job that made him a millionaire...
they entered the work force at just the right time...
slightly younger people like us, not quite so good..husband "had" a pension already for him but after 27 yrs a corporate raider killed the industry and he lost it all...and I work for a non profit...they do not have defined pensions and there is no medical at retirement...
the people that were 18-20 during WW2 probably had it the best...didn't have to serve...got into union jobs or govt service easily and all got their big fat defined pensions...
“if you’re talking about close to 70 and above, yes, you were the lucky bunch...”
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Yes,I was ——and most of us realize it.
I had 5 kids,only one will be eligible for a pension.
I was born in the Great Depression and there was a book written about us called,”The Lucky Few”. We didn’t need union jobs to get a pension either——neither my husband,myself,or any of our friends were in a union——yet we all got pensions,some were in management,some weren’t.
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