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LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 6 days ago

88-year-old veteran who was working five days a week can finally retire after crowdfunding raises $1M for him

www.independent.co.uk

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88-year-old veteran who was working five days a week can finally retire after crowdfunding raises $1M for him

www.independent.co.uk

LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Good News Everyone@piefed.socialEnglish · 6 days ago
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Crowdfunding raises $1M to allow 88‑year‑old veteran to retire
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Ed Bambas lost his General Motors pension in 2012 and had to support his sick wife and return to work
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  • dracc@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Sounds more like a boring dystopia than good news to me. 🤷‍♂️

  • Flamekebab@piefed.social
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    Orphan crushing machine.

    • Noodle07@lemmy.world
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      Oh nooo it strikes again

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    This is really shitty news, what is it doing in “good news”?

    This is soul crushing that it even has to happen, let alone that it did happen.

    The world has legitimately become a worse place

  • roofuskit@lemmy.world
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    Yeah, this is one of those stories you see on the news that is meant to be a feel good but actually belongs on aboringdystopia.

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      Most of the stories on here are like that.

  • ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org
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    this comm can be so bleak sometimes.

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    The fuck some one nearly 20year over pension is still working. Can’t be in a civilized country

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      This is America

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    Yeah that sounds like the dream… /s

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    I could retire on 35k a year.

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