Many, many seniors are one issue voters—that issue being their Government benefits (SS, medicare, etc). You can bet all hell will break loose when they don’t see their checks increase in Jan. Personally, I don’t have much sympathy for them—at some point we will have to tell them NO!
True but obammy wants to turn old folks in to soilent green.
At some point the Senior Citizens will have to grow up and stop demanding more, more, more. That will probably be when we are totally broke.
Heh heh,,as a senior I agree. But most don’t. And when the seniors are told no, I suspect the big inheritances that their kids get will start to dry up as they spend down capital rather than save for the kids.
The big unspoken of issue is that the great nmiddle class is leaving money to their kids,,maybe in small amounts, fifty to a hundred grand, maybe in larger amounts. And that is going to be tapped one way or another. But make this generation mad, my generation, who has paid for school, college, wedding, cars, downpapyments for the kids houses, make us mad at your peril.
If my kids started to talk about their parents as people who live swilling at the trough after a lifetime of work and savings, I would spend down every cent of every account rather than leave them a dime.
So careful there if Aunt Mary or Mom and Dad have you in their will.
for many this is all they have to survive on and costs for EVERYTHING continues to rise, gas is back to almost $3.00 a gallon.
I better not see Congress give themselves a raise before 2012 or all HELL will break loose..mostly everyone in CONGRESS who make these decisions are millionaires, so they don't really care if those on S.S. are hurting...they don't pay into to it and they have their own Congressional pensions waiting on them.
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PERSONALLY I DON'T HAVE MUCH SYMPATHY FOR YOU EITHER!!!!!!