What’s wrong with this picture?

by Keesha Coleman—Pennsylvania

I knocked on a retired woman’s door the other night, who told me that her dad is also retired and that they have to live together in order to survive. They cannot afford to live on their own with the money they have. Both of them worked their entire lives and are now struggling to maintain, now that they are retired. Their story touched me because these people don’t have the means to support themselves, after YEARS of working! Where are the retirement benefits? Why should we all have to work, shedding blood, sweat and tears, with nothing left to show for it, when we’re not able to work anymore? It just isn’t right.

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