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This topic really boils my blood, too. What is wrong with us Americans? We see stuff like this happening all the time and what do we do about it?? Complain!! We are so good at that.
I have no recommendation for what to do. But I think the American people need to grow a pair and show our politicians what we think.
Our whole political thing (at least the little I understand of it) is so screwed up it isn't funny.
How do those billionaires keep getting what they want. Yes, I know the answer. Payoffs!!
We have really rolled over on a lot of things.
I think the chaplain serves mostly to the track workers (Most live onsite). The jockey's, The grooms etc.
Most chaplain server more then the religious needs, they also provide (informal) counselling services, and a link to social services in the community, (Many Track workers are transitory)
Many he could look to do work other groups in the community.
Ohhh Dear!! When I first read the initial postings..My first thought went to well, maybe he was there to council those betters who lost everything on a bet..and were contemplating suicide ..Then when I read your post I said to self..NEVER thought of that need
But to be honest..@73 years old..regardless of him taking on raising 2 teenage girls..He really should be retired..which doesn't mean he can't council for the remainder of his life. The mere fact he has councilled to that age..HE must be good at his calling ..so will no doubt continue in that vein!!
As for raising 2 teenage girls..It sounds kind of weird...Are they related..IF not and fostering..then he would be compensated for it..I'm not as old as this man..BUT I just couldn't take on that responsibility ..Part time..weekends..fine..BUT total responsibility?? Unusual ..Then of course IF he is line Supreme Court Judge Ginsberg ...I'd say..Yeah..She could do it "Easy Peezy" LOL Her energy and fitness is far superior to women 1/4 her age!!
Did you know Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,who recently turned 80, can pump out 20 knees-off-the-ground pushups? Holy cow! Way to go, Justice Ginsburg! This, according to a piece in today’s Washington Post, about personal trainer Bryant Johnson, 48, an Army Reservist attached to the Special Forces whose discrete, sensitive but strict and professional military style has landed him some of Washington’s most powerful (and, in the case of Ginsburg, who weighs 100 pounds and stands just over 5 feet, petite) bodies as clients. His A-list clients include more than a half dozen federal judges and two Supreme Court justices, the other being Justice Elena Kagan.
Ginsburg started going to Johnson after being treated for colon cancer in 1999. And she survived a second bout of cancer recently, this time in her pancreas. “I attribute my well-being to our meetings twice a week,” she said. “It’s essential.”
I’ve always had a lot admiration for Justice Ginsburg, but now I think she’s pretty much a rock star. Twenty knees-off-the-ground pushups at age 80 is seriously impressive.
Bilingualism is a skill, one that can be learned. I'm a believer in the right of private employers rights to decide what their skill-based requirements are. I don't call that political correctness, I call it free enterprise.
Then I can certainly see the need for the position to be bilingual.
Courts have upheld employees being terminated in order to be replaced by bilingual workers.
As mentioned by other posters, an overt mention of age by the employer is a no-no though.
Reverse discrimination! We assume, of course, all those speak Spanish workers are legal aliens, right? And someone has to guide them to social services, in their own language, right? To #ell with the old man who was born and raised here and is now trying to raise his granddaughters This is something We need Donald Trump for! Ooooo....did I say something bad
Thanks to this board, learned something the other day. FIL/MIL should adopt those two underage females unless they are his grandchildren, in which case adoption isn't necessary - and then apply for SS dependent benefits. He'd have at least some extra income until they are age 18.
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When you qualify for Social Security retirement benefits, your children may also qualify to receive benefits on your record. Your eligible child can be your biological child, adopted child or stepchild. A dependent grandchild may also qualify.
To receive benefits, the child must:
be unmarried; and
be under age 18; or
be 18-19 years old and a full-time student (no higher than grade 12); or
Normally, benefits stop when children reach age 18 unless they are disabled. However, if the child is still a full-time student at a secondary (or elementary) school at age 18, benefits will continue until the child graduates or until two months after the child becomes age 19, whichever is first.
Benefits paid for your child will not decrease your retirement benefit. In fact, the value of the benefits he or she may receive, added to your own, may help you decide if taking your benefits sooner may be more advantageous.
Maximum Family Benefits
Within your family, each qualified child may receive a monthly payment up to one-half of your full retirement benefit amount. However, there is a limit to the amount we can pay your family.
The total depends on your benefit amount and the number of family members who also qualify on your record. The total varies, but generally the total amount you and your family can receive is about 150 to 180 percent of your full retirement benefit.
If wife is collecting a spousal benefit, the family cap may preclude this option.
As far as self-esteem issues - perhaps he can move his work to help the needy in substance abuse and homeless centers, or something similar.
Further, since he's lost his job, he should apply for unemployment benefits. That will help financially for a short while. One can collect SS and unemployment benefits at the same time.
In a right to work state, they can fire you whenever they feel like it, so I guess they felt like it. At 73, he can kiss goodbye any hope of getting hired anywhere, full time, but maybe he can get something part time.
Thanks to this board, learned something the other day. FIL/MIL should adopt those two underage females unless they are his grandchildren, in which case adoption isn't necessary - and then apply for SS dependent benefits. He'd have at least some extra income until they are age 18.
If wife is collecting a spousal benefit, the family cap may preclude this option.
As far as self-esteem issues - perhaps he can move his work to help the needy in substance abuse and homeless centers, or something similar.
Further, since he's lost his job, he should apply for unemployment benefits. That will help financially for a short while. One can collect SS and unemployment benefits at the same time.
This is helpful information. They aren't his granddaughters - I think they may be great nieces, but don't remember for certain. The mother is in a nursing home and expected to die in a few months and the father is a felon in prison. The only reason he has them is to prevent them from going into foster care, and one of the girls is slightly mentally handicapped (fetal alcohol syndrome).
In a right to work state, they can fire you whenever they feel like it, so I guess they felt like it. At 73, he can kiss goodbye any hope of getting hired anywhere, full time, but maybe he can get something part time.
You're referring to at-will employment, not right to work, and at-will employment is in every state but I think Montana. I've heard people conflate the terms umpteen times that it's a become a pet peeve of mine.
Did they really say 'younger'? Bad move if they did and he has proof.
As far as bilingual, them's the breaks.
Well, if he's 73, odds are that WHOEVER they hire will be younger, just saying. Anyway, pretty unlikely there is proof - employers have the upper hand in these situations. Too bad he's in such a situation as to need money to raise teenagers but he must have known employment is never guaranteed and he was pushing it anyway.
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..Then when I read your post I said to self..NEVER thought of that need 
..so will no doubt continue in that vein!! 
This is something We need Donald Trump for! Ooooo....did I say something bad
