David Bircumshaw wrote:
>Glowering slightly on this, I do have an occupational pension, but of course
>I have no rights over it. It does kick in when I'm 60, although it's not
>worth a lot, but I cannot nominate anyone de rigeuer to be my benificiary
>unless they are my spouse or legimitate issue.
>
>My late mother for instance would not have been a gauranteed beneficiary.
>Even worse was finding out, just lately, whast happens to the money if there
>is no recognised claimant: it goes to the government.
>
>
Spousal rights? Oh funny when connected to pensions. My Former got
mine, via court ordure, the last dime. Plus lifetime alimony. And left
me with Social Security, a share of which she is also entitled to
because we were Awfully Wedded for 10+ years. If I were to retire next
year, at age 62, I would be entitled to $1343 a month, enough for me to
move up from Whiskas to Fancy Feast cat food for myself but not to
maintain a cat besides (vet bills are frightful). However, were I to
die this year, said Former would get $1722 if she lives to full
retirement age, i.e., 65. Social Security in this nation has begun to
sink because nobody was supposed to live past 65 and many people are.
So whatever the outcome of the Theater of Cruelty subtitled Waiting for
the Guillotine at Sarnoff Corp(se), I have to keep working at something
Lear's Shadow
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Kenneth Wolman www.kenwolman.com kenwolman.blogspot.com
39. Not observing the imperfections of others, preserving silence and a
continual communion with God will eradicate great imperfections from the
soul and make it the possessor of great virtues.
--St. John of the Cross, Maxims on Love (The Minor Works)
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