any_memes_necessary@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 14 days agoI wouldn't worry about it ,Jacklemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaretacosanonymous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoDoesn’t that make them not retired?
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoI cannot functionally tell the difference from doing 2 hours of work at a Hampton vacation home and being retired. So I would say “not necessarily”.
minus-squaretacosanonymous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoIt’s a dollar amount in America though.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoIf you’re retired, you still pay taxes on Social Security and several forms of retirement accounts. That income would put you in the same category as the “working class.”
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-214 days agoThat’s my point. A billionaire owner can be functionally retired while still being “employed”. A worker who’s 65 years old cannot.
Doesn’t that make them not retired?
I cannot functionally tell the difference from doing 2 hours of work at a Hampton vacation home and being retired. So I would say “not necessarily”.
It’s a dollar amount in America though.
If you’re retired, you still pay taxes on Social Security and several forms of retirement accounts. That income would put you in the same category as the “working class.”
That’s my point. A billionaire owner can be functionally retired while still being “employed”. A worker who’s 65 years old cannot.