any_memes_necessary@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agoI wouldn't worry about it ,Jacklemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageI wouldn't worry about it ,Jacklemmy.worldany_memes_necessary@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squaretacosanonymous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoDoesn’t that make them not retired?
minus-squarerockSlayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months 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-up0·5 months agoIt’s a dollar amount in America though.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months 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-25 months 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.