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    Commentary: ‘Work longer’ is no solution for people who can’t afford to retire

    by Teresa Ghilarducci, Los Angeles Times Feb 28, 2024 3 minutes
    (Dreamstime/TNS)

    In April 2023, Betty Glover, a 91-year-old grocery store clerk in Oregon, was finally able to retire after a GoFundMe campaign raised $82,000 for her. After seven decades in the workforce, Glover couldn’t save enough to retire and cover basic expenses such as for food and medicine.

    “I hate the thought of not working,” Glover told a local . But she wanted to spend time with her two children, four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

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