Baby boomers with no place to call home

[southernyankeebelle]

8. So like generations before us we did what was expected of us to do. Go to work, earn

a living to raise a family and then you are suppose to retire with a pension from a job and help with social security that you put into. Medicare is suppose to kick in at 65. We ask for no handouts. Instead what happen you had Corporations who are taking away your pensions and people are left to live on social security. Many people had 401ks. They did everything right and in the end got screwed. So where are these people suppose to go to when they get old. In the old country your children took care of their elderly parents when things went down hill. Here being old in america in a way is a curse. Their grown children can barely take care of their immediate family. That is why social security and medicare were put in place. I honestly don't know what I would do if I were married. I don't even make $1,000 a month. I couldn't depend on my son because they are having a hard time trying to make a living. Many people don't care about the elderly. We should respect the elderly like they do in Japan and many Oriental families do. I dunno what is going to happen to people who are falling threw the cracks. The congress wants to raise the age of medicare and social security when we should be leaving it what it is or lowering the age. I guess the difference between republicans who think medicare and social security isn't a right while dems believe they are a right.