According to her IAFD profile, she is 60 in about two months and not able to collect Social Security yet. I don't know if she ever had a job that paid into the system. So begging apparently is her only way, as obviously getting a greeter's job at Wal-mart is below her station in life.
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"I'm a minor character in my own story", Steve Coogan as Tony Wilson in 24 Hour Party People