I try to maintain respect for my elders but ‘the greatest generation’ has slipped badly in my estimation due to their Social Security monomania that keeps people like Jay Rockefeller in office.
It may be untoward to ask but I’ll do it anyway. Seniors have been on this earth for 60, 70, 80 years. At any point during those long decades did these seniors decide to provide for themselves during and after their working years? Isn’t all the moaning about ‘fixed incomes’ a euphemism for ‘we didn’t save for our retirement and must live hand to mouth courtesy of Uncle Sam’s monthly checks’?
I always hated the term “fixed income” anyway, as if most working people DON’T have fixed incomes...if you have a salary, you have a FIXED INCOME until your employer decides you deserve a raise! How’s that any different?