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TexasBushwhacker

(21,202 posts)
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 04:03 PM Nov 2025

Laid off May 2023

I'll be 69 in January. I've worked 7 months since then. 3 jobs. I had to go ahead and take my Social Security. I wanted to wait until I was 70, but I haven't been able to find anything that has LASTED. I'm almost out of savings and my credit cards are maxed out.

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