More than $1.7 million raised for 88-year-old Army veteran working at grocery store

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For most of his life, 88-year-old Ed Bambas worked toward his American dream. But in 2019, he found himself doing what most retirees never imagine: going back to work.

"You do what you have to do," Bambas said.

Bambas, an Army veteran, worked for General Motors for 40 years. The automaker went bankrupt in 2009. Bambas said he chose to receive a $300,000 lump sum payment — and stopped receiving pension benefits. His wife later became sick and died.

With bills mounting, he took a job at a grocery store.

"I made it a point to try and be as friendly with people as I could because that would take my mind off any depression because of my wife's death," Bambas said. "I really, to this day, miss her. I still visit her grave every day."

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1. This is a nice story. Ed seems like a nice and deserving fellow. I like this. But, ...

... there are thousands of others, just like Ed, who were victims of GM's 2009 "Fakeruptcy", which allowed GM to dispose of "unproductive debt" like pensioners and shareholders. GM continued on, with new stock, happy executives, and the old shareholders and retirees were left in the lurch.

Ed was one victim who was rescued. Good for him, but there are many others still struggling.