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In reply to the discussion: Do you have a pension? [View all]hunter
(38,717 posts)45. No, but I have some practice being a homeless person.
My grandma was a crazy bag lady who managed to keep herself together forty hours a week long enough to collect a pension. Her life outside work was always a flaming catastrophe. I'm not sure she could have pulled that off in the modern world.
After she retired she was removed from her home as a danger to herself and others.
No retirement community or assisted living place would tolerate her for long so she'd end up living with my parents.
I wouldn't want to inflict that kind of crazy on anyone, with or without a pension, but the way I figure it I'm only a quarter my grandma, hopefully lacking the "danger to others" component.
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I do, unless GA Gov. Kemp and his cronies have gutted the Teacher's Retirement System.
GoCubsGo
Feb 2020
#11
My husband will have one if the state we live in doesn't mess with it.
redstatebluegirl
Feb 2020
#26
Yes, retired from state of Ohio 2 years ago with 21 years of service.
A Brand New World
Feb 2020
#46