ten times your yearly income stashed away when entering retIrement. First off, what dreeem-world??? Most people don't have that kind of money; most people are just thankful to retire (mostly) debt-free. Per other articles - that don't sport a covert (but quite obvious) wicked agenda - around a third of retirees experience financial difficulties.
Things like: skimping on meals, because the check won't come until friday, and it's only wednesday. Going to bed (too) early because it's warm under that electric blanket. The space heater warms up the room just fine - in later march, but it's only early february (and another cold-snap is on the way). As for the hobbie$, of which the mutual-admiration-old-slut-society likes to brag at each other about...not happening. Masking isn't the issue, the gas-tank is - that is, besides the needlessly overpriced (slave-made) junk being passed off as merchandise.
By the way, even a modest inheritance is a leg up toward a reasonable financially sound retirement. For the average 50-something couple, that twenty or thirty thousand (from pop or uncle ed) can about pay off the equity loan. But it's no big secret, that too many (ol-duh) people are way too interested in playing rich (when they're so obviously nowhere close) and to heck with the kids (and the wife, or husband).
Another article discussed the very real workplace age discrimination, faced by people over fifty - and especially, over sixty. Well yeah, isn't that what evolution teaches us? Did we oldsters not push and push, and push ... for evolution to be taught to the (now in power) kids? Did us oldsters not vote, early and often, for evolution - through movie-ticket/subscription and muuseech purchases? Hello!
When you get to a certain age, yer done - so die...futha-mucka.
Ageism in employment is nothing new. The report which led to the first job age discrimination laws (obviously toothless) was way back in 1965.
ReplyDeleteAnd frankly, while things like work-ethic (which isn't important these days - but lying is) doing a good and thorough job - with no bellyaching - does improve with age...fact of the matter is: at 60-something, the body is less cooperative with the still-sharp mind. Oh well life goes on, break's over - and there's a buncha boxes and packing slips to deal with.
ReplyDeleteWhy blame evolution? It's Christian Republicans voting against laws that protect against age discrimination [right to fire nonsense] and who have destroyed unions and worker protections. So with that gone, once you slow down, the uber capitalists toss you out the door. Better stop voting for those who don't care about the little guy. What's going to happen if you get too sick or tired for your job? Better to vote for Medicare for All, funding for elderly services like Area on Aging Agency, and other things like that. Don't march after the conservatives. You think they care about older women?
ReplyDeleteBeing tossed out, that's an evolution thing. In the wild, if an animal (which, per evolution, that's all humans are) gets injured or just gets old...oh well, tough luck charlie.
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