• SCB@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    150-200k/year

    So the top 10% of income earners?

    The threshold is significantly lower since the vast majority of Americans do, in fact, retire.

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      1 year ago

      If you mean that they eventually got placed on Social Security disability then yes the majority do retire. You should see what the nursing homes for people in the government system are like.

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      1 year ago

      That’s not gonna be true for much longer. Watch the Republicans plunder Social Security and Medicaid like they’ve been hankering after for decades.