Old People Aren’t The Problem
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“How old am I? Just made 90 in November,” [said Air Force veteran Dillon McCormick](https://katv.com/news/offbeat/dillon-mccormick-karen-swensen-90-year-old-air-force-vet-working-at-grocery-store-make-ends-meet-gets-200k-gofundme-campaign-cincinnati-retirement-social-security-payment-survivability-survival-metairie-elderly-american-america-money-retire) to a local Louisiana news anchor in 2024, after she saw him working in a grocery store parking lot pushing carts. McCormick didn’t *want* to be pushing carts in triple-digit heat, but he did it because his Social Security gave him less than half of the $2,500 a month he needed to pay his basic living expenses.
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“How old am I? Just made 90 in November,” [said Air Force veteran Dillon McCormick](https://katv.com/news/offbeat/dillon-mccormick-karen-swensen-90-year-old-air-force-vet-working-at-grocery-store-make-ends-meet-gets-200k-gofundme-campaign-cincinnati-retirement-social-security-payment-survivability-survival-metairie-elderly-american-america-money-retire) to a local Louisiana news anchor in 2024, after she saw him working in a grocery store parking lot pushing carts. McCormick didn’t *want* to be pushing carts in triple-digit heat, but he did it because his Social Security gave him less than half of the $2,500 a month he needed to pay his basic living expenses.
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