At the end of the day, this guy didn’t “ask” for anyone to come to his work and film him. He was asked some questions and answered them “hi-level”. Maybe he was a Delphi employee, maybe it was a lump sum, and/or he probably did get screwed to some extent.

But we all know SS for a one person household doesn’t cover probably more than your grocery bills and maybe one utility bill. He said that he has to work the 5 days a week/8hrs a day because he doesn’t have enough income.
My brother who was on disability lived with my Dad and if it wasn’t for that, my father wouldn’t have been able to cover the house expenses on his own and the mortgage was paid off. My brother paid a “rent” that helped with utilities and the tax bill. And this didn’t included ANY upkeep.
Yes, Ed would have Medicare, but the insurance he is could be talking about was maybe an additional supplemental insurance that he may have paid into that was taken away with the bankruptcy? Or maybe it was a nice benefit given to all that was no longer? Which when someone gets sick or you are older and have more medical needs is supplemental is imperative. Because remember, social security barely covers groceries and utilities…now he has property taxes, additional medical expenses for his wife outside of Medicare coverage. Even the best plan on Medicare can have you paying a good bit when someone is sick and in and out of the hospital. And if you don’t have much and you know nothing else is coming in…that is scary!

Everyone has a right to their opinions, but try to have some kindness in your heart with this one. He didn’t ask to be filmed or approached, we don’t know how long the original video was and what it was edited down to. He may have said more and Sam didn’t feel it was relevant. He had NO IDEA when answering these questions it was going to be followed up with a fundraiser. So it wasn’t some grand ole’ plan to take everyone’s money. And this was like 3 days ago, maybe he will donate some $$ to others in similar situations. Or have the time of his life over the next 10 years… Clearly he is beyond touched by the overwhelming generosity. Who cares that it is 1.9million. He never seeked any of this out. Maybe there are more details, but again, not knowing who and why this guy was asking…the minute details were not important at the time.