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Seniors Working at 75 Because Benefits Don’t Cover Rent

There’s a 75-year-old man in my building who pushes a cart of empty cans to the recycling center every day. His Social Security barely covers rent, so his food money comes from whatever he can collect. He told me, “I worked my whole life—how am I still living out of trash cans?” The generation that worked the hardest is now living the most fragile lives. #SeniorPoverty #SocialSecurity #AgingCrisis #CostOfLiving