tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post2387600350478834935..comments2024-03-28T18:11:40.841-04:00Comments on Sightings Over Sixty: Boomer Problems and PoliticsTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-40518956746812334532014-04-22T15:00:15.003-04:002014-04-22T15:00:15.003-04:00I read your blog regularly I am in the middle, the...I read your blog regularly I am in the middle, the social security admin a real bummer if you did not work and save like hell..My brother in law got his ptsd after all the tbi vets came home from Afghanistan, plus they all have ptsd, he got it in 07 geez, he was in Vietnam in 1968 oh, my living God, we had to go to the governor of God-Forsaken Oregon and the congresswoman Patty Murray of the great state of Washington to get his ptsd money, he has worked 31 years for an umbrella company in Portland he worked like hell, his gal pal wife in Oregon lived for over 30 years was dead by then, his life was kicked around, he got his ptsd since may 07 they pay in a month of arrears, he still works like hell, how fair is that?? Not much! I meet people on disability from many states other than Washington they ride the bus never look for work and get over $1,500 a month, how is that fair..I am becoming a big advocate for the poor and hungry volunteering so much I could positively scream, the working poor is rising faster than any segment, the working poor yet many who get state and fed disability seem pretty medically and mentally fit to me, I see them when I tote food to the pantry I buy and cook for the working poor, these are not people who are not working, no they don't get much at all and make sure their wives and husbands have food and their tiny children and they are forced to starve, so they get to the pantry where I volunteer and we feed them..They will not have a retirement or riches when they can no longer work many jobs??? I am becoming very disillunioned by our politicians they live like KINGS and QUEENS, with no care of the real citizens they represent the working and more working poor and hungry.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-19662247203404393762014-04-22T03:26:54.078-04:002014-04-22T03:26:54.078-04:00Umm, yeah, you sound like a curmudgeon!Umm, yeah, you sound like a curmudgeon!#1Nanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04214011945298439939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-85494860670485020482014-04-21T20:05:45.730-04:002014-04-21T20:05:45.730-04:00Virtually no one is liberal or conservative.... no...Virtually no one is liberal or conservative.... not counting a few celebrities. Most of us carry thoughts/beliefs that cross those boundaries. The young are usually liberal while the older of us lean toward conservatism. What's the old saying? "If you aren't liberal in your 20's, you don't have a heart. If you aren't conservative in your 40's, you don't have a brain."Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-41634050331026448182014-04-21T12:49:57.474-04:002014-04-21T12:49:57.474-04:00I am pretty much a liberal.I am pretty much a liberal.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-49067879550553115542014-04-21T12:30:04.297-04:002014-04-21T12:30:04.297-04:00PS I am a social liberal with a gay granddaughter ...PS I am a social liberal with a gay granddaughter who supports same sex marriage and a fiscal conservative. <br /><br />Many Conservatives support so-called liberal causes. Jeb bush and the Everglades, and John McCain and the Grand Canyon are a case in point. John McCain said many years ago "conserve" is the basis of conservation and conservative. The problem with many BB 'liberals' is that they are not Liberal.<br /><br />SS is not a problem. <br /><br /> Medicare is...like or lump it. So is the over-reaching over-regulating big federal government. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-59100759755042506762014-04-21T12:17:02.288-04:002014-04-21T12:17:02.288-04:00Checked out the blog on home selling. I asked a b...Checked out the blog on home selling. I asked a broker whether we should fix up our old house or sell as is. The land under our house is about two-thirds the value of our home. Thus, our house will sell no matter what. A buyer can tear down the structure, and probably will. In the interim we are making small cosmetic repairs.<br /><br /> Meanwhile we're aging in place. We like our area and know someday we will have to move into something smaller. Or, one of us will die and the other will be forced to move. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-77793922213955311142014-04-21T08:46:29.792-04:002014-04-21T08:46:29.792-04:00I'm a 71-year-old liberal. I missed being a ba...I'm a 71-year-old liberal. I missed being a baby boomer by a few years. I wonder what generation I belong to. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-83424460526290528032014-04-21T00:09:02.299-04:002014-04-21T00:09:02.299-04:00I"m a left of center independent, but I do ha...I"m a left of center independent, but I do have conservative thoughts from time to time. Right now, income tax reform is occupying a lot of those thoughts. Like, how come you can only deduct sales tax on your earned income? What if you spend a million dollars a year of your discretionary savings?<br /><br />Maybe that's not conservative after all. Just sensible.Linda Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706455533282204519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-626594980028435818.post-7079649265812757322014-04-20T21:54:55.181-04:002014-04-20T21:54:55.181-04:00As far a politics goes, I couldn't get much mo...As far a politics goes, I couldn't get much more liberal. I doubt age will make a conservative out of me. Happy Easter.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.com