Reality is that most folks are hurtin'... I live in one of the poorest counties in Virginia and I see it every time I leave this farm...
And here's one of the dumbest ideas that has come outta the r4ight winged noise machine... Up the retirement age to 68??? How many folks, even in their late 50s, have tried to get a job??? Those jobs aren't out there... And the lucky few that do get jobs are taking jobs that pay, you guessed it, minimum wage... I see older people pushing shoppin' carts, workin' check out lines, putting up stock... And all for minimum wage, if they are one of the lucky ones to get one of those jobs....
This is terribly irresponsible on our society's part and tragic in that we really don't give a flyin' fig for the well being of our elderly neighbors...
That is the conversation we should be having...
Not BS conversations about cutting, cutting and more cutting... This nation can afford to do better...