Where my wife was working, they just kept cutting her hours and benefits until there was no ROI on driving to work 6 days a week. As soon as she could pull on her SS she did.
I was forced into retirement from a job I really liked. I tried to get back in that game but gave up. I thought it would be OK until I got hit by the abrogation of the bankruptcy codes for the benefit of a major labor organization. We were supposed to be comfortable. But when the power people rip off 28 years worth of scrimping and saving, you really can't recover. We could have lived like the grasshopper instead of the ant.
Matt
