In the US and UK, retirement is only for the super-rich

My problem is I was working in an non-unionized industry where we were expected to work overtime for some kind of fleeting, non-monetary status, and we were paid less than for similar work in other industries. And that I stuck around as long as I did. And that I had steep medical expenses which became debt.

Tax was a relatively small factor.

So do you know how much

No, and it’s not really relevant to anything I have said in this thread. Until this exact sentence which you are reading right now, I have not mentioned, here come the words right now for the first time: Social Security. I did mention a universal basic income as something we will probably have to transition to somewhere upthread, though.

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