Time to redefine what exactly elderly means. Some government entity in the past defined it as 65 or 62. Not true anymore. As life quality and expectancy increase the age at which one can no longer be productively employed has also increased. There is no reason to quit working at 62 and no reason for the government to pick up health care at 65. I am almost 72 and I am irked when I see journalists refer to 60+ year olds as "elderly."
There was a time, not long ago, when both Republicans and Democrats agreed that something had to be done about entitlement spending — especially spending on the elderly. But no longer.
• Although he promised in his first run for the presidency to reform Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, Barack Obama seems increasingly unwilling to do any of that now.• The leftwing of the Democratic Party seems increasingly shrill in its insistence that there is no need for any fundamental reform of entitlement spending.
• Even in the left-of-center think tanks and on the liberal blogs, one finds...
There is if you lost your job and can't find another one because of the miserable employment climate created by this sorry excuse of a president. It's not easy to find a real job once you turn 50, and it only gets harder from then on. It would be interesting to know how many folks are receiving SS benefits earlier than they would like to because it is their only option.
There is if you lost your job and can't find another one because of the miserable employment climate created by this sorry excuse of a president. It's not easy to find a real job once you turn 50, and it only gets harder from then on. It would be interesting to know how many folks are receiving SS benefits earlier than they would like to because it is their only option.