retirees

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At last he started paying the company ..

Aleskys Cardozo @Aleskys (5879) • Venezuela 28 Jan 20

My father was an employee of the oil company called PDVSA in my country, he had 37 years of services until his retirement, the company had a pension fund for his workers, for whom he would like to retire when leaving a part of the...

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SENIOR CITIZEN (or jokingly called DUAL CITIZEN too)

stanley777 @stanley777 (9401) • Philippines 19 Feb 19

In our country the Philippines, senior citizens are given discounts in eateries,groceries, accommodations, transportation, etc as provided by law.These provisions includes citizen of the Philippines upon reaching the age of 60...

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The benefit of having dual citizenship ..

Hazel Vee @epiffanie (11327) • Australia 6 Apr 18

.. When I became an Australian Citizen in 1984, I automatically lost my Filipino Citizenship.. It was a very sad time of my life.. I had so much mix emotion especially that I had only been here less than one year and not quite...

dual citizenship

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Can you live comfortably on pension alone?..

Hazel Vee @epiffanie (11327) • Australia 26 Mar 18

. My husband retired three years ago at 67 years old .. He gets $27.50 a week from the Centrelink which we are grateful for as at least it helps pay for our petrol.. We are self funding retirees.. But for the last three years,...

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Don't believe everything on the Internet about Investing

stealthy @stealthy (8181) • United States 17 Mar 16

I just read an article about investing which said that retires should not invest using the strategy of buy and hold. That my be true for some people but I think it really depends on the person. Not only am I a retiree but I was...

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I Get So Frustrated

carolbee @carolbee (16230) • United States 8 Jan 12

I've tried many many times to work on surveys in an attempt to earn a few dollars or points. I can never get beyond either my age or location and suddenly I don't qualify for the survey. If sites don't want retirees then maybe it...

retired individuals

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Social Security - Who Believes It Still Exist?

mysticmaggie @mysticmaggie (2498) • United States 1 Feb 11

The baby boomers are all retiring. Far too many thought Social Security would be their retirement fund. That is not and never was what it was for. It was a small supplement to retirement. And when it began, there were something...

social security

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50 Million Retirees to Get Checks in May

caskins @caskins (689) • United States 1 May 09

More than 50 million retirees can expect to receive $250 payments from the government in the next few weeks as their share of the economic stimulus package enacted in February. Economists say the payments will be a timely boost...

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What Determines what kind of credit card offers you get in the mail is it the

suspenseful @suspenseful (40192) • Canada 25 Mar 08

age of the homeowner or renter, or is it the financial situation? The reason is that we received an offer for a Capital One Gold Card that is a secure card. My husband threw it away, assuming it was the regular offers we...

credit card offers

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should companies that come out of bankruptcy make good on retiree obligations?

w1z111 @w1z111 (985) • United States 5 Mar 07

We've all heard the sad news stories about many companies "having" to file bankruptcy due to lack of profits. Ok, so they file bankruptcy, and the bankruptcy courts relieve them of the obligation of providing the pension funds...

corporate american greed

how to file bankruptcy

retiree benefits lost

retirees lose out

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