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There is a crew who had good jobs, made decent money, were able to save little to nothing, or had crap happen, and wound up with nothing or less at retirement. And yes, there are also a lot fo people who blew their money on good times and wound up in...
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The department itself is the best resource. It's all on line. You can also go to your local Social Security Office.It works.
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This came out on CNN. Boy, did they miss the ball. Looks like they had help from JP Morgan. https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/28/investing/david-kelly-jpmorgan-markets-now-preview/index.html Kelly said that the combination of retiring boomers and a short...
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Thank you. Downtown Small Town AmericaI'm one of a lot of baby boomers having to look back at what we did actually do. Some of us are finding things about even the crappiest jobs we ever had, that we can now make some extra with. Yeah. It ain't ea...
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@jm65129290 wrote:56 yrs old. Been out of work for a year now. Several hundred applications sent as well as other out reaches. Resume is getting traction but have interviewed with close to 40 companies. 30 have had multiples interviews and finalist a...
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There is a crew who had good jobs, made decent money, were able to save little to nothing, or had crap happen, and wound up with nothing or less at retirement. And yes, there are also a lot fo people who blew their money on good times and wound up in...
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The department itself is the best resource. It's all on line. You can also go to your local Social Security Office.It works.
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This came out on CNN. Boy, did they miss the ball. Looks like they had help from JP Morgan. https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/28/investing/david-kelly-jpmorgan-markets-now-preview/index.html Kelly said that the combination of retiring boomers and a short...
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Thank you. Downtown Small Town AmericaI'm one of a lot of baby boomers having to look back at what we did actually do. Some of us are finding things about even the crappiest jobs we ever had, that we can now make some extra with. Yeah. It ain't ea...
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@jm65129290 wrote:56 yrs old. Been out of work for a year now. Several hundred applications sent as well as other out reaches. Resume is getting traction but have interviewed with close to 40 companies. 30 have had multiples interviews and finalist a...
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There is a crew who had good jobs, made decent money, were able to save little to nothing, or had crap happen, and wound up with nothing or less at retirement. And yes, there are also a lot fo people who blew their money on good times and wound up in...
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The department itself is the best resource. It's all on line. You can also go to your local Social Security Office.It works.
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This came out on CNN. Boy, did they miss the ball. Looks like they had help from JP Morgan. https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/28/investing/david-kelly-jpmorgan-markets-now-preview/index.html Kelly said that the combination of retiring boomers and a short...
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Thank you. Downtown Small Town AmericaI'm one of a lot of baby boomers having to look back at what we did actually do. Some of us are finding things about even the crappiest jobs we ever had, that we can now make some extra with. Yeah. It ain't ea...
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@jm65129290 wrote:56 yrs old. Been out of work for a year now. Several hundred applications sent as well as other out reaches. Resume is getting traction but have interviewed with close to 40 companies. 30 have had multiples interviews and finalist a...
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