Posted on 12/06/2008 10:12:29 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Hello, from one of the exceptions.
bttt
During those years my husband thought he was rich because he made $100 a week and I made $60 a week for 60 hours of work. We really struggled. There were no fast food restaurants, no Visa, MasterCard, etc. If you didn't have the money, you couldn't spend it. We didn't worry about going to the gym, we were too tired and there was too much to do.
We sacrificed plenty, and never once thought about how much we gave in Social Security. When one of our parents died, we grieved, and were happy when the parent left had Social Security so that they could be as independent as possible. If they didn't have the money, we would have gladly supported them.
During our younger days we raised three children, supported them with their competitive sports (not sports paid for by the town), financed their private college education (3 in college at once), paid for their weddings, and were the hand out when they have been in need as well as the baby sitters when our grandchildren needed us.
And, would do it all over again.
Once a week I visit a senior center at the Salvation Army where I (pay) for oil painting instruction. There are a lot of takers at the Salvation Army, not many are senior. The seniors, for the most part, are the givers.
Not many family farms these days. It’ll be *interesting* to see what all the dispossessed will do if, God forbid, there is another depression.
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I have thought of this many times, when I was growing up we had food even if we didn’t have much else but I can see the potential now for this nation to go from overeating to doing without food in a VERY short time.
Medicare IS 65 . Some boomers cant collect full rate SS till 66 or 67 now but all can get reduced rate at 62 . They raised the age limits for certain birth years.
You sound very upset with older people. Did your parents cut you out of their will?
That picture hung on my Grandma's kitchen wall all the time I was growing up.
My Irish immigrant Grandfather died in 1939, leaving her with 4 kids to raise. They had a real tough go of it.
I never heard her complain once about anything.
I live in a conservative area, politically and social, and it is not unusual to see couples, usually middle aged or older, bow their heads and offer thanks for their burgers and fries before eating them. Not usual, but also not so unusual as to attract stares or comment.
These people will be able to handle whatever comes.
“One thing that is missing from the article is who is to blame.
Certainly NOT the young generation (1-30)
The majority of Freepers need to look in the mirror before casting stones.
Oh yes, they didn’t cause the problem.
But neither did they solve it.”
LOL, welcome to the boomer world, the oldest boomer in America reached age 30 in 1976 while the youngest boomers like Sarah Palin were only twelve.
The media has conditioned people so much that boomers are blamed for every bad thing in America since the 1940s, it is pretty amazing.
If the current bunch of seniors were so frugal and spendthrifts why did they give us Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, public shousing, etc.? Why did they give us socialism? They live off the rest of us for their means.
“That totals about $585 billion annual payout.”
With 15 million workers that averages out to $3,799 per working person each year in Social Security taxes.
Yessir, I forgot a zero. typo.
Is OK, found out this AM that his travel buddy (a school chum we have known for years) will be moving in sometime in Jan - so he and the Booze hound (his bassett hound) will have some company.
And the new roomie can COOK! SO pretty win-win right now.
THanks for the kind words, may you have a Merry Christmas!
Absolute bullshit....not that you’ll ever change your little mind.
Define 'milk it'
As I interpret it, and I'm too young to be on SS, they qualify for it, and do so without having to misrepresent themselves or their situation in any way.
Further thought on the SS question I asked upthread, asking you to define the phrase ‘milk it’ as it pertains to older Americans recieving SS.
Rush often mentions how his grandfather, who didn’t need, or want, his SS check went and to great lengths to stop the SS Administration from sending him the monthly check.
Would you also accuse Rush’s grandfather of ‘milking’ the SS system because he still got those checks?
If yes, why, if no, why not?
How is Rushs grandfather different from my grandfather whom (I presume) also got his checks until he died?
One third of Republicans were against it at the time.
But interestingly big labor hated it the most.
Well, we did wimp out at night and kept us an enamel “pot” or “slop jar” (some called it) under the bed so we wouldn’t have to go outside during the night or real early in the morning. My granny had a big old pottery “pot” that probably came over on the Mayflower. - My Daddy built two of the houses we lived in while I was home; also the outhouses. He used creosote on the outside and lime in the pit, painted it a nice brick red color, but with no half moon. Those were the days, and we weren’t aware of being at all deprived.
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