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Why the barf alert? The only thing I see wrong here is he seems to think politicans can solve the problem though he admits the current crop doesn't have solutions. But then most Americans today don't see how government has caused the problems.

Other than that there are plenty of people in his postition or worse. It is very difficult for white collar folks to get a job if they are middle age, at his age it is impossible. This is not unusual. I know chemists and engineers, etc who are now stocking shelves in Kmart because they can not get work in their field, even for a big cut from the old salary. Around where I live many older folks have had to sell their homes and leave their communties where they spent their entire lives because they have been taxed out of the area. That's not leftist propaganda, that is how life is for some folks.

Technology is responsible for much of the change. There is simply not as much need for human brain power as before, as computers take up most of the slack. Plus the emergence of talented labor pools in India and China and the ability of technology to make their distance transparent has also had a tremendous impact. Make no mistake, we are witnessing a disruption as great as the Industrial Revolution, and we are all going to have to adapt to it, like it or not.

Did you read the part where he was offered two jobs and turned them down because they weren't enough? This guy did get a job at 62, but he turned them down. Wife does not work, save for her "hobby business". They live in a rental--2k a month-those in the area have already said they could find something comfortable but more modest for half that.--enough said--this family does not deserve the sympathy of the freepers who are giving it. I don't wish them ill will, I sure hope it comes together for them, but so far, they seem to be their own worst enemies.