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BarryMeNot Donating Member (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-11-10 08:20 PM
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  -The Other Lost Generation: folks in their 50s unable to find work Liberal_in_LA  Oct-11-10 02:24 PM   #0 
  - Took my over 50 sister 20 months to find a 6 month temp job...  maryf   Oct-11-10 02:27 PM   #1 
  - Quite a few of us went throught he same thing after the reign of Bush I.  glitch   Oct-11-10 07:40 PM   #17 
  - Join the Club!  rwenos   Oct-11-10 02:33 PM   #2 
  - I blame the health "reform" bill as much as anything else...  truedelphi   Oct-11-10 02:51 PM   #3 
  - Yes. Hiring older workers bumps up group health insurance premiums  Mimosa   Oct-11-10 03:55 PM   #5 
  - You mean lack of reform.  mmonk   Oct-11-10 03:58 PM   #6 
  - Yet another reason this "reform" that put the destroyers of the system in charge  Greyhound   Oct-12-10 04:41 AM   #23 
  - Medicare for everyone over 50  spinbaby   Oct-12-10 07:37 AM   #27 
     - It really does.  truedelphi   Oct-12-10 01:00 PM   #33 
  - I was lucky enough to qualify for SS Disability and retire.  Altoid_Cyclist   Oct-11-10 03:14 PM   #4 
  - so lucky that you had such a humane judge. Good on her for making a reality-based ruling!!  kath   Oct-12-10 01:24 AM   #20 
     - I was very fortunate! Many people haven't fared as well as I.  Altoid_Cyclist   Oct-12-10 06:29 AM   #24 
  - everyones fucked... lol. nt  seabeyond   Oct-11-10 03:59 PM   #7 
  - making light of suffering, now there is a virtue for you,  Lost4words   Oct-11-10 05:11 PM   #13 
     - i am part of that everyone. i have lost 40% of our income. i am hurting. must be nice  seabeyond   Oct-11-10 05:57 PM   #16 
  - K&R  leftstreet   Oct-11-10 03:59 PM   #8 
  - I am one of those people  Sanity Claws   Oct-11-10 04:16 PM   #9 
  - K&R  Dappleganger   Oct-11-10 04:49 PM   #10 
  - At the age of 58 & 2 years unemployed  peacefreak   Oct-11-10 05:02 PM   #11 
  - Lost? ..more like throw aways. What a waste of wisdom and skills.  L0oniX   Oct-11-10 05:07 PM   #12 
  - It is a waste and one of the big reasons for it is that most younger people  Greyhound   Oct-12-10 04:38 AM   #22 
  - K & R! nt  Lost4words   Oct-11-10 05:12 PM   #14 
  - I'm obsolete at 58  LiberalEsto   Oct-11-10 05:20 PM   #15 
  - I'm just a couple of years older than you, and all I can think  Daphne08   Oct-12-10 04:07 AM   #21 
     - We've paid a hell of a lot INTO Social Security  LiberalEsto   Oct-12-10 07:44 AM   #29 
     - If they had their way we would have been put into LSD concentration camps at age 35.  L0oniX   Oct-12-10 11:06 AM   #31 
  - K&R  BarryMeNot   Oct-11-10 08:20 PM   #18 
  - I quit looking a long time ago.  Manifestor_of_Light   Oct-11-10 08:55 PM   #19 
  - This is really disturbing.. there needs to be some incentives to hire/retain older workers..  DCBob   Oct-12-10 06:39 AM   #25 
  - I'll be 57 soon...  northernlights   Oct-12-10 07:15 AM   #26 
  - +1  Le Taz Hot   Oct-12-10 07:43 AM   #28 
  - At 59 3/4, I'm sweating out the next 850 or so days until S/S kicks in...  Buns_of_Fire   Oct-12-10 08:37 AM   #30 
     - I hear that ...58 3/4 here and counting the days to 62. I got a feeling...  L0oniX   Oct-12-10 11:09 AM   #32 
        - If you wait longer they can change the rules while you're waiting? n/t  Mimosa   Oct-12-10 04:57 PM   #34 
 

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