Money, it's a gas
Oct. 24th, 2008 02:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petmoosieT's retirement plan sent him a statement today (that was calculated on the 1rst). Oh boy!
I tend to regard it as a bit of a roller coaster. The job market/ unemployment figures paint actual suffering.
Of course, my perspective is a bit skewed. I know a lot more people underemployed, unemployed or alienated from the job market, than I know retired people. Statistically, if I knew a complete cross-section of the US, that should not be true. And many if not most of the people around here retired from the Federal government, so they have a government pension.
I tend to regard it as a bit of a roller coaster. The job market/ unemployment figures paint actual suffering.
Of course, my perspective is a bit skewed. I know a lot more people underemployed, unemployed or alienated from the job market, than I know retired people. Statistically, if I knew a complete cross-section of the US, that should not be true. And many if not most of the people around here retired from the Federal government, so they have a government pension.
