Posted on 06/15/2015 12:22:04 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
But unless u cn txt th questns 2 thm, or work it into a conversation about the Kardashians or Spider-Man, I wouldn't count on an answer.
Here’s the question you continue to evade.
Why do you think the American middle class is all but dead on the floor?
Give it a shot.
2 - the fiduciary duty of a company to its shareholders
3 - the desire of Americans of all classes for cheaper stuff
4 - our suffocating tort law system
In no particular order.
So you admit the middle class is all but dead on the floor. That’s good.
BTW, it seems you conveniently forgot another huge factor. It was government who opted to aid and abet an historic 30+ year endless flood of low wage foreign nations and illegal aliens into the job markets...And it continues as we speak.
being a nurse, I could work forever...infact, most nurses in the hospital do seem to work late in life...one reason is we don't generally have defined pensions like all the other community minded workers like teachers, cops and firemen...I guess nurses aren't worth it but that's a different story...
fact is, I could no longer be an idle retiree as I could climb Mt Everest...I am not in the brochures and either is my hubby.....
we are not into "pleasure" for simple pleasure and what rocks our boat is accomplishment....goals...something to be proud of...
So, you’re proud of the fact that you’re both going to drain welfare money out of the government and take a job from an able-bodied younger person?
Well combined we’ve payed into the system for almost 90 years that’s hardly welfare and as far as the job there’s few if any younger person that could do it.
Hell I’m just proud I’ve lived this long!
That stuff's all being made in China/Singapore/Vietnam, or right here using robots.
The illegals are mostly doing menial jobs, or living off the taxpayer.
You've just proved you don't know what the hell you're talking about.
They've taken over complete industries such as service industry, restaurants, hotel, construction, manufacturing, machine shops, auto mechanics, fabrication, AC installations, landscaping, alarm install, warehousing, forklift drivers.
These were all once American jobs.
I'm behind enemy lines, I know exactly what talking about Mr. Pode. You clearly do not.
Wow, I'm impressed! That's what I want to do -- continue contributing to society as long as I can. Although leisure has its place, even among the young, it should not be the focus or end in itself.
Of course, I am not kidding myself. While I don't see myself playing golf in Florida, I might not be that 90-year-old career woman, either. I am just trying to avoid ending up a 70-year-old on the street with a shopping cart & 100 cats. While I'm sorry to hear about your husband, I might end up in the same situation, given my company & current job market.
Saving for later in life is not a question of retirement, it's survival. While I don't know my future, I doubt it will be elegant. My 401 is essentially the "bag lady fund."
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