Elderly couple, down on their luck, found living in car

[n2doc]

A couple in their 70s, down on their luck, is living in their car in a Pasco County Walmart parking lot -- but not by choice.

Thanks to a group of girls, they're slowly getting back on their feet.

Dee Head, her husband Gordon, and their three dogs have been in that lot for several weeks.

"Everything is kind of hitting us at one time," Gordon said.

They had been living in Texas until early August when Gordon took a construction supervisor job in The Villages.

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http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/26502967/elderly-couple-down-on-their-luck-found-living-in-car

[TheNutcracker]

1. They should have stayed in TX, as FLA has no jobs, or just very temporary jobs

[Nay]

2. Very true -- my brother, age 62, has had no luck and he has many skills.

He's given up and gone on SS; no reason to keep on trying for a full time job.

[Downwinder]

3. Both on SS.

SS needs to be increased, not cut.

[Snarkoleptic]

4. It's seriously fucked up that a guy in his 70's is homeless

and taking a job as a construction supervisor.
He should be a retired pensioner with lifestyle options.

[roguevalley]

5. they can live with me. I have the room

that dachshund is golden. What a terrible country we are. Those people helping them are so good. This is so utterly un-American what happened here.