Let’s show some respect to those who paved the way for us!
One of my favorite expressions is, “I’m not as young as I used to be.” It’s a great catch-all phrase that we use while trying to explain why we can’t do something as well as we used to. Aging is a natural, universal process, and it’s very unlikely that any of us will ever say, “I’m younger than I used to be.”
When I was growing up, people who were getting older might not have appreciated that they couldn’t do everything as well as they used to, and they certainly were not fond of the ever-increasing aches and pains they were experiencing. But at least they received respect from the young, the middle-aged and the old alike, and were treated humanely by the government.
Unfortunately, we’re seeing more and more signs, especially from the current administration, that “senior citizens” are becoming “second-class citizens.” The attitude seems to be, “If they can’t be productive members of society and if they are a drain on healthcare, then let’s focus more on phasing them out than in improving the quality of their lives.”
Apparently these people have forgotten that our senior citizens are the very ones who spent virtually every waking moment ensuring that today’s adults were fed, clothed, housed, insured and taken care of by doctors when they were children.
Some people have compared ObamaCare to socialized healthcare, which means that the state controls who gets what and at what cost. The 2009 Stimulus Bill pretty much guarantees that individuals’ value will be based on age, as the federal government’s computers will determine whether or not you are worth the cost of treatment and whether you will be approved to obtain treatment.
Bioethicist Ezekiel Emmanuel, brother of Obama adviser and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, has written a treatise titled, “The Complete Lives System.” This document states that healthcare funds should go primarily to people between the ages of 20-50. Why? In order to protect the productivity and taxation of that age group. It’s all about the government playing God and deciding who is the most deserving of being kept healthy.
This article from FreedomOutpost.com article titled, “Shameful – The Elderly in America Are Considered Useless to the Younger” sums it up.
There are a number of things in life that disgust me, but few raise my ire as much as when I see senior citizens being mistreated. They should be honored for their service, admired for their legacy and consulted for their wisdom. Instead, they’re seen as a burden by some of today’s lawmakers, who are doing everything they can to shorten the duration of time that society will need to care for them.
In his new book, “ObamaCare Survival Guide,” author Nick Tate lists senior citizens among the groups of people who will be hurt by this new healthcare legislation. He writes, “Seniors were rightly angry about ObamaCare as it is significantly funded with money that comes from hundreds of billions of dollars in spending cuts to Medicare over the next decade.”
What are your thoughts about how senior citizens are treated in the U.S., compared to how they used to be treated? If you are a senior citizen, please let me know how you feel you’re being treated. Do you think that things are getting better or worse for American senior citizens? I’m very anxious to hear back from you on this important topic.
When it comes to taxe’s and the cost of protecting and governing this country. I’ve been saying for the past years that somebody has to pay. Freedom isn’t free, and it will probably be me and the other hard working contributing SENIORS in This good old USA, that will pay the way for the wealthy. I am 68. Worked my way through college, and the rest of my years as best I can. WB
Does anyone here remember the Gray Panthers, pre- AARP? I do and the current situation we’re facing is the same one they were dedicated to fighting against.
At the time, they were a force to be reckoned with. Whether 50 or 150, if you have a voice then it’s time to Act Up! So what if the ‘government’ hassles you, didn’t stop those who fought for civil rights in the 60s from doing what they could with what they had.
Writing to senators, congressional chuckle heads gets us exactly what we have.
You are absolutely right. I am a caregiver and I couldn’t agree with you more and I am a senior as well. I believe the older generation is just feeling the pain now as far as healthcare, but I also believe it is going to get so much worse and not just healthcare, it will hit us hard in the pocket book. I really hate to say that, but my years of research has led me to say that. I really wish I was wrong, but I don’t think so. The sad part is, there is nothing we can do about it, sorry………
I vote every election .And all seniors must look at the ballot and as well learn who is in office and if they are in now they are out with my vote and keep doing it till they get the message. We are millions and have the power,Baby boomers control 70% of the wealth in this country.Show them we matter.
AMEN
WELL FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH, have done the best For the ast 90 years.
I do not think I have much more time to go anyway. So let the rotten eggs do what they think is right for themselves. I really don’t care any more Have a nice forever, AMEN.
Very selfish, thinking only of one-self, and not others, so what if you’re planning to check out? I know people who lived to be 110, what happens to you then? You are not a Christian and probably won’t have a nice forever. No AMEN.
Not selfish Dawn…jaded. I feel the same more and more these days. The seniors MUST unite and create a common cause and fight for our rights. Unfortunately, unifying people these days is just about impossible because, as shown in the past, if the government perceives a threat, you will be harassed. If Hillary is elected, we ain’t seen nothing yet.
Do you have THE place to go, John?
I AGREE WITH EV ERY WORD WRITTEN FROM EACH OF YOU. TELL ME HOW AS SENIORS DO WE START A MOVEMENT TO LET OUR GOVERNMENT KNOW WE ARE STILL HERE AND WE WANT TO THEM GO. I WILL JOIN IF SOMEONE CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN. I WROTE OBAMA SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, TOLD HIM WHY DIDNT THE GOV. DIG A TRENCH FROM D.C. TO LOS ANGELES LINE ALL THE SENIOR UP, SHOT US AND COVER THE TRENCH UP, NO MORE SENIORS TO WORRY ABOUT. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU PEOPLE.
I’m not elderly but I am disabled and that puts me in the same boat as the elderly. I paid into Medicare all my working life, which started at 16 and ended at 54 when my disability booted me right out of the workforce. As one said above, it isn’t Obama doing this to us; it’s the Republicans. The ones everyone keeps voting back into office after they’ve watched them shut down the government, waste one entire session trying to get the ACA shut down, etc. I live in probably the most conservative state in the country and I think I’m the only one here who isn’t a Republican so my vote doesn’t have much impact. But I do vote and I think anyone unhappy with the current state of affairs should vote. Maybe at some point we’ll have a house and a senate filled with reasonable human beings who remember that we voted them into office and so they work for us.
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To jade Sadly being a Republican does not help erase what the criminals who have taken over our government have done, for these predatory persons have billions of dollars confiscated from the Federal Reserve, beginning in 1913, when they conned Woodrow Wilson. On his deathbed, Wilson said, “I have destroyed my country.” (These persons have purchased both parties.)
I am 65 yrs. old. 13 mo. ago I was at a funeral for a childhood friend with 5 other of the guys. We went to one of the guys houses to catch up on old times when one of the guys broke out a joint and they all started to smoke it, one after another. I don’t smoke the stuff but stayed to talk to them. The very next day I had to go to the doctors for an appointment. They pulled a piss test on me and needless to say I failed the test. To make a long story short just being in the same room with them ruined my life. The insurance company no longer will give me the necessary medication for a broken neck and back. I think that this is totally unfair to me. and I still have to pay for this insurance. Would somebody please tell me what I can do to change this unfair judgement on me.
That is not possible. Employees at my construction company would have positive drug test and say they were around it and
Not smoke doctor says it can’t get in system if you don’t smoke or ingest it so how did you test positive?
I see alot of Obama bashing comments but in reality it the republicans who think seniors are wanting a free ride. Although anyone had social security and medicare taxes taken out of paychecks weekly these over paid fat cats ie ted cruz, and most of them see social security as their favorite to attack.
Why because they know that the previous generation were docile and did whatever they were told. What !! Well guess they are in for a suprise when baby boomers start to fight back and oh yes we will. It s sad that previous generations are used as pawns in this scrabble but congress watch OUT!!
Frank,
I have read through all of the comments posted about this subject on senior citizens. I agree with the majority of the comments, but the question is, are these comments forwarded to the representatives in Washington and to each state for them to read. With this amount of information and telling the government what we really think, hopefully it will get them to think how they are screwing us to the hilt. Nice work everyone and great comments.
While all of you 60,70,80 & plus would stop and see the writing on the wall. You would notice that our vote means nothing as far as government is concerned. I am 74 and do believe that if we seniors don’t form on our own. Then kiss your butt good by. Say you are wanting a change, well what are you waiting for to sit around and just die. Get off your butt and organize a senior rebel on problems at hand. We have fought before for our Government! Now lets fight for our selves. Time to stop talking and start doing.
In my early 70’s and appalled ,@how the politicians,keep thinking they have every given right to step all over the senior citizens ,stop this cut that .Then they don’t use medicare ,and they bale out with there golden parachutes
I happen to agree 100%
They talk about “entitlements” which another disingenuous pile for myself and the many millions like me who have worked a lifetime,paid abusive,mismanaged taxes by impotent,incompetent politicians who spent OUR hard earned money on War after War,scandal after scandal on failed program after failed program benefiting only themselves!
There are millions like myself who will Never spend the money they gave due to the “promise” of employer matches,compound interest over as many as 50 years or more securely in a “lock box” which Never existed as an exponentially corrupt government Stole the people’s money as opposed to honoring the “promise” of “good healthcare,a liveable sum of money to ensure that the “Golden Years” like the American Dream turned Nightmare for most would “be there” which it isn’t due to an exponentially failing system,a government sworn to serve the people,the country but in fact only supports their greed,their tyranny,their insatiable quest for money,power,privilege and control at the expense of those they take a sacred oath to represent,to serve.the Constitution,the Constitutional Republic that they swear to defend and enforce!
Pathological Liars,Demagogues,Sociopath’s,,self-anointed deities the very things called tyranny is what millions and millions of “legal” immigrants” risked everything to embrace,worked indefatigably to build,fought to protect too often died to defend for Freedom,For Opportunity,For a present and a future for themselves and their families,for unalienable,G-D given rights generation after generation until NOW!
Screw these dictators,these crooks,these liars,these tyrant s as tyranny is what they have brought us bankruptcy as a country,50 million on food stamps a system failed on the verge of implosion as all three branches,”checks and balances” designed to make sure that an Obama,a Johnson,a Nixon,the Clinton’s and a “limited” government are in fact complicit in tyranny the state of the union today!!
In my early 60’s and still hanging in there. Don’t ever expect to retire because I have 4 beautiful children and 2 step children that are all college graduates (reason for no retirement) that need some help along the way to “make it” in this ridiculous society we’ve allowed to transpire. Obummer is just a puppet in this whole fiasco. The real culprits are the United Nations and world’s elites that feel we all need to be governed by one world entity that will decree how many children are born, how long you will live and the proper amount of world population to sustain a utopian Earth. Those who think your vote matters have blinders on. The people who are supposedly voted in, were meant to be voted in. You may cast your vote, but the winner was already decided by the manipulators. The world is a farce and we sheeple allow it to happen because it is the path of least resistance.
We are all going to die and I am way more concerned with how this earth is going to turn out for my kids, cause they will never have the freedoms we did growing up.
Remember…once you are dead you are now equal to everyone else because you won’t know if you were rich, poor, in pain, a bum or an aristocrat. So live your life the best you can, cause when it finally ends, that’s it….nothing more.
Correction to escape tyranny
Three months ago I got a letter from Florida Blue telling me I will owe $309.00 from $169.00monthly bill . Of course I called. The reason, I’m getting old!!!! I have had Florida Blue for 40 years and this is what I get. I have been paying this new cost with hardship but I thought it wise to keep good coverage. My next notice is that Federal laws have forced the company to discontinue the policy and I have until June 1, 2015 to find new coverage. My days are numbered being 76 but I really think my temper is at 100% when I see the CEO’s of insurance companies + others including the coverage of the seniors in DC getting the respect and 100% cover at good rates too. Because I live in Hillsborough county in Tampa, I only have two companies to look at—-they go by zip codes. What, I should move to get better coverage!. Time I throw the towel in, get down on my knees and go on welfare. I can give all my nest egg to the dogs in trust and I’ll be okay?
Hi. Be very careful about putting your nest egg in a trust, thinking it won’t be counted as an asset if you apply for Medicaid. There is a certain amount of time that must pass for a trust not to be considered, plus it must be a specific type of trust. Please find out the facts before you go down this path. Good Luck!
If you decide on a trust I believe the only one to take yourself out of the picture is called common law trust
If we are going to be screwed, it should be enjoyable! Seniors deserve better.
First and foremost I agree our senior citizens deserve the utmost respect and much of the innovations of today rest on the innovations they came up with during their time. But let’s also not forget something important to remember about the middle aged population of which I am a part
1. I pay for two retirement plans. 401k which may pan out, and social security which may not pan out. But I am happy to pay the social security because my parents and grandparents depend on the promise the country made to them.
2. I fund two educational systems
I pay for the public school system which I do not believe in because it is all about passing a test. Maybe they should just work out a college test and give that to the students and if they pass they get a masters degree.
Then because I actually want my kids to get an education and can afford it, I pay for private school. Which I must point of is a stretch but I feel very fortunate to be able to do that for them. I am happy to fund public schools because it is still beneficial for all to have an option.
On top of all this I need to raise my kids, maintain a healthy marriage with my spouse, and keep moving up in my career to keep ahead of all the inflation that is going on. And in about 10 to 15 years I will need to start Caring for my parents.
I know this comes off as poor me and I do not mean for it to be like that. All I am saying is I do not feel all that pandered to. This is about the hardest I have ever worked in my life and I do not see it calming down in the near future.
I wish the government could it govern and the news could just keep us informed about what is going on. But today a story needs to have a villain to be worth reading I guess. Maybe obamacare is a mistake, but it is rediculous to me to hear people say he has so e dark agenda to get rid of he senior citizens and drive the country into the ground. Republicans call him out for being the one person to drive this country into the ground. And then in the same interview they call him out for not being able to get anything done. Which is it?
He wanted to do a single payer system where all would be covered. Now he is a socialist. Under that plan seniors and everyone else would have health care. But that didn’t work so he compromised with Healy exchanges and now he is a jerk because one group is having their Medicare raided. Does someone have a link to the web site the defines who it is moral to give health care and who should be kicked to the curb within republican constraints? Maybe it has the list of who’s rights are allowed to be taken away as well just so we are all on the same page. Where is the debate about male birth control because it seems to be all about women, so I guess they are on the list. Oh and let’s get some more quotes from the bible because all the conservative politicians seem to follow that manual to the letter. Or maybe they are just really good at trying to shame the rest of us for not doing that.
He tries to get gun controls in place because sacked out freaks are running around with legally purchased firearms and killing children with them. And they call him out for rights infringement. I believe the issue was it was just too inconvenient for someone to have to take 15 minutes to fill out a form. I tried to buy beer at the grocery store last night but because it was after midnight they can’t sell it to me. phew! Good catch on that one. Crisis averted. And I can take that drinking time I saved and get a gun right now and everyone is ok with that? Come on people wake up!
And of course the lawmakers will exempt themselves and receive the best of care until the day they die – at taxpayers’ expense of course.
They already have, William.
I too have visited several different Convalescent Homes and found most of the people in a stupor. Our family made a pact that “No ONE” will ever be put in one of those homes. Now there is obamacausticcare, which will cause more harm than good to any senior that lets their guard down.
When this healthcare mandate was being discussed…not passed yet…I got a copy of it and downloaded it to my system. When they said that a panel of laymen would be making the health decisions for people 70 years on up, I knew that this should never be accepted by our government. Then pelosi cackled, “Just sign it, you can read it later” and the idiots on Capitol Hill signed it into being. BHO never drafted this nightmare to help anyone, but to hurt as many Americans as possible…especially the older Americans with wisdom and sense in their heads that can’t be fooled by his destructive and elusive actions. Barry doesn’t care whether Seniors live or die — just stay out of his plans and obey his demands.
Well, what he doesn’t realize is it was the backbreaking sweat of the seniors that helped build America into what she is today, their sweat and tears, their hard work, their sacrificing so that their own children will have a better place to live. Many kids have forgotten or never knew how our country got to be strong. Ask most young people on the street about our country’s history…they don’t have a clue! It was our Senior men and women who fought in the Korean War, World War I, World War II, Vietnam, etc. that paved the road for America to become a super power, with the respect of the World. Now one egotistical, arrogant, narcissist is unwinding all of those efforts by the Seniors of today. Why? Because he has a tormented ego because his father ignored him as a child and when his father finally took the time to see him, it was not even a full day spent together. But the damage was done in those short hours, because bho desperately needed to be recognized by his dad and when his father expressed how much he HATED America, that gave barry soetero something to identify with…a common grudge…common ground. It was then he made the decision to do whatever necessary to destroy America…the one thing he knew his dad would thank him for. The rest is ancient history. He was ripe for destruction, mold-able because of no blood father figure present growing up, and desperate to be in the spotlight where he felt important…something he never received from his very own father. So here we are.
If obama doesn’t even care about his own Grandmother, what makes you think he would care about you, an American Senior stranger? Kick the bum out, but first try him for treasonist acts, jail him until he is 71 and then force him to sign up for obamacare. Just joking. Hopefully, obamacausticcare will die before it is fully hatched. No one is benefiting from the monstrosity…
I have talked to friends who have been admitted to nursing homes and they told me that they couldn’t think or stay awake because of the drugs they were take. Also I’ve heard about the kick backs from Big Pharma to the nursing homes for drugging their money pits to the point of becomes zombies. Makes me wonder if the orders to drug seniors to the point of being in a stupor came from the government which also receives royalties from Big Pharma.
In the early 80’s I worked in 2 nursing homes. Even back then, they medicated everyone. I noticed how some of the people were quite alert when they were first admitted, but after they were medicated they weren’t. I spoke with both the nurses and doctor about this, but all they said was that the patients were easier to handle if they were medicated. I felt there was nothing I could do. My guess is that it’s even worse today. Retirement homes are much better than nursing homes because they don’t do this to people. However, they also usually cost more.
I went to breakfast with my wife one fine Saturday. As we were talking, the subject came around to birthdays. My wife was looking at the menu when she looked up at me and said that I was a senor citizen. Just then the waitress came over to take our orders. Without stopping my wife turned towards the waitress and said “My husband is a senior citizen, does he get the senior citizen discount?’ The waitress looked at me as I looked back at her with my mouth opened. I was caught off guard with that remark from my wife. The waitress said quickly, “Sure thing, hun.” then smiled at me. I can feel my cheeks turning red. It was at that moment I realized that I had entered into the silver citizen club. I might be entitled to walk through the door, but I feel far from being old.
I have seen so much through the eyes of my parents as to what they had to deal with being old. Medical, Social Security, pensions, paying for medications, doctor visits, hospital stays, trying to make ends meet, excreta. They were proud people. They wouldn’t accept any financial support from us, kids. I had the money, but, my dad would say keep it and save it because you will need it some day.
Then last year his prediction came true, my wife went into the hospital due to cancer. After four visits, our nest egg was pretty much gone. My wife had complications due to the initial surgery.
My parents didn’t sit around crying in the beer. They went out and got a part time job at the age of 75 years old. If they made to much the government would penalize them. The government has a outdated idea what seniors are suppose to have and what they can do in order to live.
It is a dirty shame. There are so many businesses aimed at trying to get what took a life time to earn that we seniors must protect ourselves. What really frosts my glass is that the Federal, State, County, and City governments are doing their best to get their share from the senior citizens too. They don’t care how they get their monies as long as they get it, they don’t care if inflation is out of control, they don’t care if property taxes are excessive, they don’t even care that you don’t have the money to pay them because they can sell what you have to someone who can pay. These entities are not interested in you as a person but what is in it for themselves. That’s why your government officials have been caught with their hands in the ole cookie jar robbing the taxpayer blind. They don’t see it as stealing from you, but, having access to monies that they can pay back later or not.
The bottom line is this, we were to busy looking after ourselves that we forgot that the day will come when we must turn the reins over to the younger generation. We were too busy making sure that they would have the best that we can give them that we forgot about ourselves. It is not to late. The baby boomers are filling the social services so fast; that changes must be made in order to accommodate us as a political power. The government has been stealing from Social Security for the past 50 years to fund their special pet projects. Now the government is saying that there is not enough monies to support the baby boomers. They are going to do what they can to cut corners, short change the baby boomers, even end government programs that were to help and support the baby boomers. Look at Obama care. It is a ploy to get cash to support the uninsured or is it to support the government. Just wait and see when the uninsured can’t even afford this new medical coverage and they will have to pay the penalty. The government has been eyeing the insurance companies and their fat stacks of cash. Now, the government wants that stash of cash for their very own. We, seniors, know without a doubt that the ones that will be getting screwed are the ones that lease can afford it.
So what can be done. Seniors after all are very quite. We don’t voice our concerns for two reasons. One, seniors don’t like to rock the boat. They can’t afford the trauma of the drama. 2.) Seniors over time, die. That’s right, you might have someone that is willing to take this problem on, but unfortunately, they pass away halfway through the fight. All the connections and contacts that they have made disappears. Then someone else will need to start over, reinvent the wheel, sort of speak.
We need laws that protect the seniors. For example, the amount taxes that seniors have to pay to keep their homes. Laws that limit how much a senior has to pay for medical coverage, or how much they have to pay for food and services. There are other laws I would like to see but I don’t want to stay on my soap box and over stay my welcome. The only way things will get done is if you, each and every one of you, get out there and do something. You have to create the movement, you have to make the youngsters listen to us now because it will be their turn later and we won’t be around to help them to see the error of their ways.
At 77 what I want is not to be “treated” by my “gummint” but rather to be LEFT ALONE by it, and for them to honor the commitment they made when they took my FICA deduction out of every paycheck for 50 years. I won’t even complain about the 40 years by husband paid in before his death going into their collective pockets. I expect honor in the COLA increases not the statistical lies of FED-created inflation which grossly underestimate the devaluation of the dollars supposedly held in trust for me from my 50 years of supporting myself. As for receiving respect from the younger generations, handsome is as handsome does, and they will soon enough find out whether respect for elders should have been maintained. As for respect for God and His morality, they will also find out about that when they reach the pearly gates.
I wonder what that young knife/car/gun murderer is suffering at the hands of St. Peter right now, and hope He can make some allowance for the boy’s mental disabilities and his lack of proper raising by his parents.
these 20 to 50 year olds are in for a rude awaking. They will soon be in their senior years. What a shock! When they need health care. I hope they will suffer like the rest of us seniors are to day.
Mart,
There are some our there not quite 50 that do understand what’s going on its the 20-40 age group that doesn’t have a clue they think 20 years away is a life time but it does sneak. Up quick I am 51 and entering the college seen the first time in 30 years they are more apt to accept an older non traditional student opposed to a fresh out if high school 18 yr old who is not focused and has no direction in life if a degree doesn’t help me in the workforce it certainly will boost my self confidence and personal goals since I only have 10 years and I will enter the second class citizen group geez!!!!!!
WHAT CAN BE SAID about a country that rewards the rich with all they want and control the economy with their greed. even now the oil companies are wanting to sell the oil being pumped out of the ground overseas so they can make more money. wonder why they want the pipeline built to texas there is a seaport there and access to the panama canal. then they increase wages to those poor souls who have multi million dollar salaries already and use their wealth to manipulate the stock market. i am 76 and feel i have a little common sense left the next election can start a turn around , but we must vote for responsible candidates that can’t be bought. LARRY
PS; Folks once our parents are gone, once we are gone- for many of us are from an era that remembers how it once was. When things were so much better we honored our parents and older people. But once the older people and your parents are gone so is a way of life that was America for all of us. If ‘they’ have their way, so will the books that tell the history of what we once were in our nation. Once all of that is gone and people are just as most are already, there will be nothing left of the Constitution, the honor we were built with, nor the faith of God that had most people in church on Sundays and putting what they learned there into practice in their lives. If we do not honor our older folks, remember to include them or learn as much as we can from them, that precious knowledge will be gone. Yep, the younger always think they are the better and the smarter of all that came before, but that is not true. The removal of God, the removal of rules, expecting truth, honest dealings and to care about others will make people a very evil mass of humanity. My prayers and hopes are that something happens to us that turns everyone around to the foundation we were meant to be and grow into a great nation and people again. We were the world’s hope and now others seem to see better than American’s do about how to live and how government should be. Once the One World Order is in place there will be nothing left of what we were, but folks quietly talking in private when no one else can hear. For to speak the truth or about the past will be inlawful…..to talk at all unless to show allegiance to the leader….
I am ashamed of what has happened to our nation and that people have not stood up to the government for doing this to us in so many ways. We are mice that are certainly NOT in the footsteps of our forefathers . It was those folks that stood firm in the face of all odds building this nation into something great, strong, honorable and patriotic. But in the years, since Vietnam especially, we have slowly given up all that we have stood for and that so much of what the world admired. We were not an experiment; we were an exceptional nation, but we have failed ourselves in turning from God whom enabled us to be a wonderful nation. We have become immoral, lazy, greedy, lacking in understanding or intelligence that to give in to the world; instead of standing straight and proud for God, has torn our great freedom, patriotism and way of life to pieces and now we will pay for this in the worst way. Others have suffered so much in the world prior to us…but I guarantee unless we change our ways fast and turn back to honor, faith and who were founded to be…WE WILL SUFFER THE MOST OF ALL. God forgive us and bless us once more with sense!
One more comment before I get off of here. I believe that NO ELECTED OFFICIAL, right up to the President of these United States should be ABOVE THE LAW!!!!! If you vote in legislation that is not for the betterment of this nation and EVERY LEGAL CITIZEN who lives here, you are not doing what we elected you to do in the first place. “We the People” should have the right to remove you from office and prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law, before you have time to do more damage or vote in more legislation to hide behind!!!!! Just saying!!!
I have said it before and I will say it again. We should examine the way each of our elected officials vote on every bill that goes before them. They need to be held accountable for what they are doing to citizens of this once great nation. We elect them to represent us in Washington. That is, to do what is best for us, not make themselves rich at our expense. By checking their voting record we should be able to tell who is working to better our lives, not just the rich and powerful of this country. I know the temptation of millions of dollars in payoffs must be great. But, we must vote in people who have the backbone to resist these temptations and remove from office the ones who are greedy and want to steal from the poor an the ones who fought and died or became permantly disabled to protect these freedoms we enjoy still today. Tho they are slowly and surely stealing these rights and privalidges away from us to make themselves and large corporations richer, they have to be held accountable!!! That’s the only way we are going to get this nation turned around and back on track. If they are not working for us, they ARE working against us. Remove them from office and try them for treason or what ever . By examining the way they vote on these issues we should be able to figure out who is and who is not working for us. Prosecute them and put them in jail like any other criminal!!!!!
Teacher, mother of three,librarian, and as a senior a community volunteer still active and very much alive.
Now on a single retirement income I have just had to file bankruptcy. The Social Sec. COLAS are shameful compared to what the Feds have stolen and spent. The one thing I hate most is being called “sweetie”, or “dear” by some snotty young store clerk.
Carol,
You are so right! Add “honey” to the list of ‘make the hair on my neck stand up’. I, too, have just filed bankruptcy in order to saty in my home. And it wasn’t because of high-living. Try huge increases in food/gas/utilities, but very little increase in Soc. Sec. What a shame. Good luck to you and to us all!
I agree with everyone, as I’m a very young 76. Grizzly, you are right on. Haven’t these stupid politians realized that they will be old soon too.!!!!
These people are stuffing their pockets with so much payoff money and so called perks that they should not need any government assistance when they get ready to retire. That’s the reason they are not worried about social security. They will vote to reduce pensions where and when they can to the point our seniors connot live on what they draw, while voting to increase their pay checks every chance they get. Greedy, greedy, greedy!!! May God NOT have mercy on their souls!!!!!!!!!
I am almost 80…My husband served in the Marines for 25 years. He had a stroke a number of years ago. I worry about what will happen to him if I should die. We have TriCare for Life insurance (Thank GOD) This country is being destroyed by politicians every day. We need a strong honest goverment to turn things around. Don’t know where we would find anyone….if they are honest when elected they lose it within 6 months time. Time for the citizens to take back OUR COUNTRY!
All government programs [except maybe one, US Postal Service] were created to make some one a lot of money: by people with a college education; which did not teach them to solve problems that were simple for everyone! Government is loaded with people who, it seems, are only capable treachery and scheming just like CRIMINALS: Ours, 2014, don’t read what they vote for, so are ghastly OVER PAID! But ignorant people keep voting for returning them to continue in office.
History will repeat itself….again. Rome became the most power nation in its time but fell- not by any attack by its enemies but by its own greed, lack of morals and corruption. Now it’s Americas turn. Our country’s Achilles heel is the very thing that made it great- “Freedom of speech and every citizens right to vote for its leaders”. We have to let our enemies and those who wish to enslave us vote in the leaders they want. It’s our own fault, we sit at home numbing our minds watching TV instead of getting up and going to the polls to vote!
Our leaders are slowly stripping us of our basic rights while promising to “take care of us”. They have buried us in debts we can never hope to pay off all the while stealing our pensions, reducing senior’s benefits, cutting back on health and welfare, public education and all other services we have come to enjoy and expect. Oh but they never fail to give themselves raises every chance they get.
It is our own apathy that will help them destroy us. They keep pushing new laws stealing our rights until we the people rise up and shout ”That’s Enough!”. They scurry to dark corners and holes and wait for us to settle back into apathy again. Then, like mice in the night, they come out of their hiding places and start nibbling away at our freedoms again.
Our “Dollar” which has been the standard of international trade for decades is on the verge of collapse. Backed by nothing more than empty promises the world knows we can never keep, China, Russia and a dozen other countries are going to a new standard backed by gold that they, not we, control. When that happens, our country will enter a time of great chaos. Our poor will be hit the hardest, suffering till they perish. The great middle class will become the new poor while only the rich will survive with any comfort as this country goes through the throes of adaptation and change. Will our country just up and disappear? Of course not, but it will change into something you and I would have never dreamed of. We watched as the USSR collapsed into many smaller countries. Will that be our future or will we be become a dictatorship of some kind.
I will turn 65 next month. My dad was a WWII vet and I saw the run around from the VA before he died. My mother is 92 years old and is in good health. My folks grew up in the depression and I have to respect that generation. I did not vote for Clinton or O’Bama. If we include the Supreme Court, we the people are letting 535 folks in Washington dictate our future. It is past time for a voter revolt. Only eight percent of this current administration has ever held a job in the public sector. I dare anyone to abuse a senior citizen in my view because if you don’t get told off you might just get punched out. Stand up folks and vote these idiots out of office! We don’t revere our elderly in this country. From O’Bama on down, when it comes to this country, LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT!
I am a vet that is disable. I tried to handle most of our problems on our own for yrs. Now both of us are disable and it is hard to get help. The VA is a joke. People in the government get better help then me and my brothers and sisters that put their live on the line for our country. If I was young people today I would not go into the military because the government don’t give a crap for them anymore. If they would have it their way they would live us all on our own because it would take from them. That is where our tax dollars go to pay them for screwing us all.
I’m spending what little have saved after a W/C settlement to start a business. That is because the government and economic conditions forced me to retire early; hence I cannot live on what I receive. So I dare to change my status. Although my savings are tax exempt, that means nothing to Social Welfare which increasingly decreases my food stamps. How the elderly are treated is a disgrace.
It figures A typical excercise by a man who knows not what he does
I agree with all of these comments. I am 72, and a retired physician. I spent a couple of years in the Navy as a doctor and fortunately am a member of USAA. Through them, I just purchased a Medicare Supplement plan for a very reasonable price. Not all of you have that option and are getting screwed by the massive increases for insurance. Pray for a cancelation of Obamacare.
With out reading any of the answers above, I thought I would just jump into this. OK, I’m a senior, 73 years worth. I’ve been in the army and the navy, big deal, so have a lot of other people. I’m also reasonably well educated, could be more so, but I am what I am. What I’m getting at Is that I’m not a nut just running my mouth and I take this very seriously. If I could go back to the strugling 40s and 50s, wars and all, I’d do it in a heart beat. Am I proud of America to day, you bet I am, I just can’t say the same for the people in charge. I’ve watched the last 3 presedents run this country right into the ground. Most of all Mr. Obama. How in God’s name did he ever get reelected, I should have thought the first time around would have been enough for everyone. I heard it said before that we wanted god out of all public places, and his name erased so that we wouldn’t offend anyone else, he obliged us by leaving. So who is going to take his place, Islamic dieties? All I can say now is God help us all… We can’t seem to help ourselves. I’ve tried writting to my state,Idaho, senator and congressman, about how I felt. Why don’t all of you do the same?
Have done Sir, thanks for your service
THE DUMMYING DOWN in our education system is directly involved in whats going on in our political system. the 20 to 50 age group are so stupid they have to have the media tell them who to vote for. It’s simple, vote for the person whose ideology is like yours. If your a Marxist you got your man. Just don’t call yourself something else, Oh I forgot Marxist think the end justify the means.
The seniors are the ones that had given their ALL in building this Republic in the wars they fought to keep America FREE. This in turn gave the freedom to those who would bring this nation down. The 20 to 50’s would not have these rights if the the seniors had not done all they did to secure this Nation. And what thanks do they get???? As for the vets take care of them and honor them, not let them just die because they are a burden. were the 20 to 50’s ever a burden ????? YES, but the seniors protected them and paid with their lives.
My wife, Joan and I are 70, and retired. I love reading the stories contained in our Country’s history, but lately, I fear that the beginning of the end of our great nation is upon us. Sadly, the Great Republic we inherited is in the grasp of a man who has declared that he will “transform” it. That he wants “social justice”, that we are all part of a collective, that he wants to spread the wealth around, and that he will use the executive power, not to protect and defend the constitution, but rather, to go around the Congress to get his own way.
The Constitution hangs by a thread. Our hope is in the young and younger American citizens awakening to their future prospects. Will the United States of America be the constitutional Republic that has been a shining light and hope for the world for FREEDOM and JUSTICE for all, or will we continue the decline toward socialism that cares not for the individual, but rather the collective? The past 5 years have seen an exponential move toward the latter. I fear that if we do not return to our roots in 2014, and again in 2016, to stop the transition of the country, that the next 100 years will be the saddest of all.
socialism and communism has already failed many times over. however, education is now being controlled by the government, hence, the 20-50 year olds no nothing about the reason our nation was formed, what it represents, and what an exceptional result it produced.
Has anybody stopped to see what business the people that support the Obama administration are in? Is it hands on production, or hard work? Nope. It’s community organization and insurance sales and investments. Make money off of other people’s money or hard work. The middle men of society. I think they are referred to as Money Changers in a book America holds near and dear.
My pension insurance was cancelled which covered both my husband and me. I worked hard and used the promised insurance as part of my retirement plans. A small stipend was given but does not cover the increase of what I am now having to pay and the plan is very “subpar” to what I had. My premium is 4 times higher than what I was paying, my prescription plan is much worse causing me to pay $2000 more this past year and I NO LONGER have dental insurance which was part of my pension insurance plan. Retirees definitely should have been grandfathered. These extra cost greatly financially hurt us and the cost will continue to go up. This is just the beginning as to what Obamacare implementation will do to seniors and all people. I pray enough people wise up and will not be lazy and will go to the polls to vote in ALL future elections. This will be our only hope. Drive, walk, crawl – but VOTE!!
we are both senior citizen with a lot of health issues. Mainly because we did hard work when we were young. It is disgusting how nobama and his group are treating the seniors in this country. The only thing I can say is, they will be old some day and I hope someone takes their millions of dollars that they have gotten while in government office and they should be poor like people on s.s. See how they like it! They will get old someday. I (Deborah) have had a total knee replacement, major back surgery, cataract surgery in both eyes, and other assorted problems which are on going and I am only65, my husband,69, has had frozen feet while serving this country, he has a bad back, hearing loss, emphysema, diabetes, and sclerosis of the liver; (not from alcohol). I guess we will get cut off of our meds and die within a few years. That seems to be what this administration wants.
I am an 83 years young senior citizen. I am still active, go to the gym usually 3 times a week for one hour, watch my diet which is very healthful (vegetarian), play organ and piano at church, been married for 64 years to a wonderful man, and give God credit for all of the above!
But I am VERY concerned about our health care in the future. Ten months ago I had total knee replacement (arthritus). I still might need hip replacement, and hammer toes surgery, and knee replacement on the other knee, because of arthritus. I doubt that I would be approved for any more surgery. I expect to live for a number of years yet, and will probably have to suffer the results of arthritus, instead of having surgery. I do not care to take alot of medicine….I try natural methods when possible. I appreciate your comments about unfairness to senior citizens. Thanks for stating your views…..I agree!
Anyone who puts their trust in the current administration and their crooked minions is setting themselves up for a fall. Just when I thought Chicago got what they deserved with one Immanuel another crops up on Fox news and starts frothing at the mouth over the attributes of the Affordable Care Act and unwarranted attacks on the beloved Hussein Obama. ACA is a dismal failure, unless your goal is to wreck the health care system, control citizens at their most vulnerable level, and hand the country over to the radicals within our borders.
Politicians years ago recognized Social Security as the perfect cash cow with money supplied by those who worked and paid half, and business owners paying the other half. No new taxes to promote, no need to buy support from conspirators who would benefit from other’s savings and labor, and the payments were automatic every payday, need to have the IRS goons collect! And the robbery goes on with more than two hundred years of lawmakers making laws to tax and spend. So with proper corruption the system of checks and balances could be broken beyond repair for years, Presidents could fulfill their Santa Claus or God power fantasies, and everyone, young and old gets to be broke at their expense!
I am a senior who worked my entire life in industry, paid my dues (and other’s thanks to overtime), raised a family, improved the neighborhoods I lived in with groomed yards and well-kept homes, and paid, paid, paid taxes for the fools to squander beyond belief. Now they borrow money from the Chinese to give to Arab states who hate the United States with a passion, and saddle citizens with the debt-and interest to be paid to bond holders and “printing fees” to the Federal Reserve system. Financial slavery by the stroke of a pen and ridicule and humiliation to any who dare question the need for spending limits, democratic process, or hints of intelligence.
If I didn’t answer to a Higher Power I would wake up in the night with a knot in my stomach and fists clinched at what has happened to America and my “Golden Years”. Seniors are more than targets to the Obama administration.
I think what they are doing to the senior citizens is flat out wrong! I cannot believe we the people of the United States sit back and allow these things to happen in our government! Look what we have allowed over the past 4-6 years. Makes my blood boil that our founding fathers up to our military today put their lives on the line for us to sit and let it all fade away. No family values, no respect to ourselves, others, authority, especially our elders. I know a few stand up but unfortunately that will not cut it. We need everyone to stand up to make the difference. Lets all stand up, clean up the government, get our values back and repent, then will be restored to a prosperous and blessed nation! By sitting back we are putting a gun to our senior citizens head! Shameful, just shameful!!!!
At near 70, MY DAD WOULD HAVE KNOCKED ME ON MY a _ _! HAD SPOKEN 2 MY ELDERS THE WAY YOUNG PEOPLE DO 2DAY! LET ALONE, ACCOST THEM, BEAT THEM, TRY TO TAKE AN OLD LADY’S PURSE! -As a ‘child of the 60’s, I’M WELL PAST 30!- Remember: “DON’T TRUST ANYONE OVER 30?” EVEN, THE MOST UNCIVILIZED OF SOCIETIES, REVEERED THEIR ELDERS! ‘HISTORY’ WAS THE [STORIES] THE OLD TOLD OVER CAMPFIRES! WHEN “THE YOUNG” WILL NEED US, IT WILL BE TOO LATE… WE’LL BE GONE! YEAH, I CAN’T BEAT U AT “SPACE INVADERS”, (I DATE MYSELF),WORLD OF WARiii, BUT ‘ASK ME HOW SOMETHING MECHANICAL WORKS… U WILL GET A DISSERTATION OF PHYSICAL, MECHANICAL, ~LOGICAL~ PRINCIPLES{TRUTH} THAT WORKS! MY TIME HAS COME & GONE! MOST EVERYTHING IS: “A YOUNGMAN’S GAME!” I’M STILL BREATHING & I’LL BE DAMNED IF U’LL PUT ME IN THE GROUND UNTIL THE DUST SETTLES AFTER I SLIDE IN!
I am 63 I tried to sign up for Obama care and they want $1462 per month? That is a little over $300.00 a month more than I have as a income?
Older patients are being called LLE(s). Limited life expectancy. Seem to be the 80-85 yr olds depending on the specialty of medicine. LLEs are being denied top care and doctors are being penalized if they don’t downgrade their care. It’s already being studied and talked about in the medical journals. All to control costs.
Frankly I don’t think this administration respects ANY citizen of USA. It’s out to bring down our country until it totally depends on government for everything.
Obamacare will fail. That is the goal. And it won’t be taken away (please name ANY other failed government bill that has been thrown in the trash – NONE). The plan (and what Dems have said) is that end goal is a one-payer system – the government. What has the government ever successfully run – NOTHING. I don’t want them in my medical records (well the IRS has those now for any of you with records – me I don’t have any and never will in this country), financial records (and can remove money out if they want), tell us if we can be cared for (I’m 58 so I’m on the “useless” list even though I still work!). Then Congress votes themselves exempt from it (they get the GOLD plan which none of us can afford and we will pay 75% of it – along with their free haircuts, etc). I don’t want to live under a government rule – people from communist countries have begged us to open our eyes and see what’s happening in this country – it’s turning into what they fled.
Nancy
I have worked and paid into S.S. since I was 16 . That’s 54 years – I’m 70 for those of you young ones to lazy to do the math – and now I must work to just get food in the house.I managed to get a job with the county but only part time and I make less in two weeks than those selfish pigs in D.C.
make(steal)in a single day. The S.S. was supposed to be invested not placed into their special funds account which is basically an account up to pay off those that funded their campaigns.The whole of D.C. should be eliminated as they are constantly manufacturing one crisis after another to distract the people so they can slip in one more knife into the original constitution. Which they already have rewritten and haven’t taught the original in our schools for so long not even the new teachers realize the difference.
Go to the web -the united States for America . I know the elderly will be eliminated one way or another. literally or by denial of care. I only hope I can live long enough to see the masters of all those puppets Washington D.C. line them up and wipe them off the face of the Earth.
I think a great deal of what has been written about AHA (ne. Obmamcare) is either inaccurate, or pure fiction. If the AHA is truly poor Medicine for Americans, then it will fail and be retired along with a lot of other junk legislation.
I am just old enough to remember what “they” said about FDR’s Social Security legislation when it went to the HIll. The present anti Health Care debate sounds almost identical.
jcbutler
I am a “senior citizen” & once I turned 50, finding a job was out of the question. Ageism does happen in America & it is probably the largest “discriminatory” action taken but it is not publicized nor can it be documented or proven because human resource interviewers deem us “over qualified” for jobs & then we just don’t get hired.
Saying that, I am now in my late 60’s & live solely on Social Security with Medicare as my main medical “insurance.” I worked from 1964 to 2005 & with EVERY paycheck, Social Security, SSI, SSDI, Medicare, Medicaid taxes, plus federal & state taxes, were taken out of my paycheck BEFORE I received it. I paid into this system my entire working life, generally earning only minimum wage. So basically, my entire life has been living in poverty. What a joy that has been.
I don’t want to sound like a monster here, but something I found out recently really shocked me; people who are born with the kind of disabilities that will keep them from EVER working & paying into the Social Security & Medicare/Medicaid system, receive SSI or Social Security & Medicare/Medicaid; programs I paid for for 41 years. I don’t want these people to be on the street & without resources, but what about their parents? If it’s “let nature take it’s course” where is that thinking for humans? If it’s get rid of old people because they paid & now we want the money by our government, who are these people & why are they in office? How can it be more important to give money to someone who has never nor will ever contribute to the programs they receive, yet those of us who paid into these programs all our working life, and now when many of us have only Social Security & Medicare to count on, are now being threatened with losing or lowering Social Security payments (as if they are enough to live on as they now are) & ObamaCare will be funding itself with OUR Medicare taxes?
This is just insane, yet money talks & our politicians NEVER walk away from it even when it’s the right thing to do. So, lower Social Security, take away Medicare & have MILLIONS OF seniors homeless, living in the streets, freezing to death, starving to death, being robbed & beaten to death by criminals, and who knows whatever else will happen to us.
We are demonized by the young because we use these programs , yet we paid into them while the young get in debt by believing they have to take out massive loans to go to college, then they live at home with their parents playing video games instead of getting any kind of job, which my generation did while looking for jobs they actually wanted, & our new young,whine about the government not doing anything for them. These “young people” expect to be handed a job that pays $60,000+ a year when they have NO experience & still, after college, need training in the “career” they have chosen. Plus they cry about how in debt they are.
Well, that’s not my problem to fix. They got in debt, just like I did. I got out of debt by taking jobs that I didn’t care for but needed so I could get out of debt. So, it’s time for these young, tax paying people to get off their butts & work as waiters, mechanics, janitors, WHATEVER while they get some experience working with people to hone their people skills & get over being so arrogant, and look for a job in the career they got a college degree for while working a job they may not like.
My entire life has been designed by other people; first my parents; then my teachers; then the managers at the jobs I held, then men I thought I loved, then more managers & always the government. Now, when I need the money I paid into Social Security & Medicare, my life is once again, being designed by other people who want to make me homeless so they can spend MY money on themselves & some stupid project they have to because that industry paid for their political campaign.
There really is no freedom in this country anymore. Once the West was settled, there was no where else to go to get away from this insanity. But, who am I. I’m just a 67 year old woman who has watched our society become less helpful to each other, rude, greedy, selfish, and I could go on, but I’ve pretty much said what I think here.
Thanks for listening.
Many young people have no respect; no self-repect, no respect for their peers, their teachers, their parents and certainly no respect for senior citizens. It is a sad state of affairs, that is for sure.
I agree with every thing you have said in this article. I truly believe God is allowing Obama to
trash this country because , America has turned its back on God. If those who call themselves Christians, would turn from their wicked ways, repent, maybe God would intervine. Christian people will not take a stand. WE BETTER! or is it too late? Things are deffinately WORSE!
Beside the Disrespect that one Encounters because one is a Senior, what hurts me even more when i state that i am a Veteran and deserves to be treated as one and should be Entitled to a Discount when i Shop, the sacrifice we Veterans have Given should be honored.
but then what can one expect of a Spoiled and ungrateful Generation, and it will only get worse.
I am echoing the Comment that Jesse Skiles gave you:”i shudder to think what will come of our beloved Country given the Liberals and Obama the Free rain, to continue to destroy it.
I once worked for a Firm that only Hired Seasoned Seniors for their Knowledge and Impute that could gleam from them and that Business was very Successful. i wish others would see the Benefits Seniors can give.
Beside the Disrespect that one Encounters because one is a Senior, what hurts me even more when i state that i am a Veteran and deserves to be treated as one and should be Entitled to a Discount when i Shop, the sacrifice we Veterans have Given should be honored.
but then what can one expect of a Spoiled and ungrateful Generation, and it will only get worse.
I am echoing the Comment that Jesse Skiles gave you:”i shudder to think what will come of our beloved Country given the Liberals and Obama the Free rain, to continue to destroy it.
Frederick Kailer
Pink Baroness you are correct about getting to the point!!! After all, we are getting older and every minute counts!!! :)
George Soros was very upset that his sick father didn’t die as he was a burden–according to a NewsMax article. He worked hard to get Medicare control in Ohio and in Florida so states this article.
Only elderly Supreme Court Justices and political oldies, (Hillary, McCain, Sharpton, even Soros who just married a young woman …et.,al) will be receiving care under the doctor of their choosing. Babies who survived abortions will be killed and seniors who are a “drain” on society will meet their maker. Euthanasia as a population control measure must be enacted as there is room for only 2 or 3 billion people. Population is over 8 billion today— according to powers that be. These same powers push Viagara and other “enhancements” that may/could produce babies….. to be eliminated? –It’s the economy, stupid! Where did I hear that before?
All politicians who voted for ANY bill they didn’t read need retiring–OR LIVE UNDER THE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTIONS
Obama obviously does not recognize and respect our contribution to this country. We are being treated like second class citizens because most of us do not trust or recognize his agenda for our country.
You omitted a major reason for the Democrats to withhold care for the elderly – they vote and are mostly conservative. Another is to reduce the Social Security obligations.
Hi, I just turned 71. My mother, grandmother and great grandmother all lived to enjoy their 83rd year here on Earth. People tell me I look like I’m in my 50s… maybe that’s just flattery, but I stay busy after I was ‘outsourced’ from my job, volunteering in the community – at church – at school – and play in three community bands. Of course I am on Medicare, and had both of my knees replaced last year – the second after the election because of worrying about what would come in 2013. Am I worried about Obamacare? YEP! My neighbor, four years older, needs a new doctor – hers died. None of the doctors she has called are taking any new Medicare patients. What is she to do? We’re both alone, on fixed incomes that continue to decrease in value as prices continue to soar. I am not scared of dying, but age does not decrease our value… doesn’t wine get better with age? Our minds are perhaps not as sharp as they were, but we remember, and can teach things the younger folks think of as ancient history! (How to get the best light from one lightbulb or a candle. How to cook/bake over a wood fire, how to survive without all the conveniences, etc. Yes, I feel sorry for my six children and 12 grandchildren in how they will live in the future… I did NOT VOTE for Obama – not because he was black – but because he refused to tell us about himself… There are many blacks and Hispanics that I would vote for but at least they seem honest. God will bring us thru this mess, but it’s going to be awfully uncomfortable for many.
I am 66 and continue to work–putting off a much-desired retirement–because I am so afraid of the future under Obamacare. As long as I continue to work, my employer pays for health insurance for me and my husband, but as a retiree on Medicare, I have no idea what will be our fate. Even though I feel like I still have a lot to contribute and am not ready to completely stop working, I wish I could use my knowledge and experience to give back to the community in some volunteer way and let a younger person take my job. However, fear is a driving factor in all my decisions. The changes I’ve seen in my lifetime are absolutely mind-boggling. I never would have thought it could come to this. I believe only God and constant prayer for our country can save us.
My 70 something parents will hear nothing against this lying, theiving administration. They vited for it not once but twice. Sadly they will find out the truth too late.
What is our country coming to ,do we honor nothing !
Hi Frank,
Hopefully, the reason for so few responses is that most are too polite to tell you how misinforming and just plain wrong this article is. Remember it was Mitt and Paul who wanted to destroy Medicare by making it a voucher program. If you bother checking true facts, you’ll see that the Affordable Care Act will actually benefit nearly everyone, and seniors are not affected. The funding for Medicare is not coming out of seniors pockets as Mitt and Paul warned in an attempt to distract voters from their plan to demolish Medicare. It didn’t work, largely because President Obama has always been several steps ahead of those greed-motivated-only Republicans.
I was unfair below. It is many of the Republicans as well as Democrats that are taking America over. But some still fight for us.
The writing has been on the wall for a very long time. This country is being taken over. Obama is not the one making these horrible decisions – he’s just initiating them. Even his speeches can’t be made without a monitor so he doesn’t mistakenly say the wrong thing. He’s a pawn.
But, what you are overlooking is how many young people we have in America that are Special Needs. I believe it is the food that mother’s have eaten (just check a package of anything that is processed, check your cloned meat we are being fed-if you’ll eat it, and genetically modified organisms or gmo fruits and vegetables that are not healthy) (and probably some women on drugs) that has affected these children and young adults for years. They will be of NO USE to society either. Just as the older Americans are of no use, so will these special needs people. Heaven help them.
It’s down right sickening that so many are standing down when we need a nation of people who say, “We have a Constitution and we are a Christian nation. If you, Obama, don’t like it – resign!” How many of us will he kill before he reaches his goal? Of course, when he gets the guns away from us, it will be easier for him. I believe the Republicans are afraid of him and their lives as well as the lives of those they love are held as hostage. Reid, Pelosi (and O with his drones) have stated they wish certain people that resist them were dead…
You are preaching the wrong person. I happen to agree with the affordable care (\\remember it was ROMNEY, who introduced it in this country) AND I happen to have medical care also in France, which is much much cheaper than it is here. All you have to do is CHECK THE AUSTRALIAN, THE NEW ZEALAND, THE UK, ETC and see the difference. Here American pay three, sometimes four times more in medical care than anywhere else. And for the same operation the cost is differend according to the States, sometimes even according to the area. I should know,,,,, I have bills, bills, bills to show you and prove my point.
WHAT HE IS AND HAS DONE WHILE IN OFFICE. (SOMETHING CUT ME OFF WHEN I WAS STILL TYPING.)
I AGREE WITH PINK OF 2 MONTHS AGO. THE VIDEOS SUCK. THE PERSON YACKS ON FOREVER AND NEVER GETS TO THE POINT, I DON’T WATCH THEM ANYMORE.
POS WANTS US ALL DEAD (HE IS A MUSLIM, YOU KNOW AND THEY WANT EVERYONE DEAD.) I DON’T THINK THIS COUNTRY WILL SURVIVE MUCH LONGER. THAT’S ONE ADVANTAGE TO BEING OLD. WON’T BE AROUND MUCH LONGER. WITHOUT LIBERTY THERE ISN’T MUCH TO LIVE. OLD AGE WILL TAKE OF IT.
MORE THAN TOTALLY FED UP.
I’M 71 AND I THINK SENIORS ARE TREATED LIKE CRAP BY THE GOV’T. REMEMBER WHEN SENIORS SS WAS FROZEN FOR 2 YEARS AND THE CRAP THAT GOVERNS THINGS VOTED THEMSELVES PAY RAISES. MY WIFE AND I ARE IN A MESS BECAUSE WE GET $800 A MONTH. I HAVE SERIOUS DENTAL PROBLEMS. THE VA SAID NO I DON’T QUALIFY. MY KIDS HAD TO SEND THE MONEY- $3000. THE POLS HAVE THE BEST OF EVERYTHING HEALTH CARE-WISE AND ALL THEY DO IS STEAL,LIE,BACKSTAB (MOSTLY SENIORS) AND EVEN MURDER. THINGS FOR SENIORS WILL GET MUCH WORSE.
I FIND IT STINKS THAT bo WANTS EVERYONE TO BUY FREE HEALTH CARE BUT IF YOU ARE OLD THEY WON’T LET YOU GET ANY CARE, JUST PAY FOR IT.
HE IS OUT TO DESTROY THIS COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY THE MIDDLE CLASS. IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE THAT JUST TAKE A GOOD HONEST HARD LOOK AT WHAT
I think it is sad that when you get old the young isolate older people
that is there loss, for we have a knowledge they will never be heard or known by them. Our generation had it all, yet we had nothing. We lived with a depression and a world war but we still had it all, friendshnip was for real. there was no foul language no MF”s or bad conversation among us. We did”n have the gratuity”s they have today and rebel if it was”n given to us.We had one other thing that they did”n have we had respect for our selves and the senior’s.
As a 100% service related disabled veteran of the Vietnam war, & a clinical social worker that worked many years & ways with elderly, I just can’t tell you how afraid I am to turn 60 soon. It’s the age at which veterans are supposed to die- to stop the check & drain on society, & i’m still too young for retirement from social security, but I do get a large SSDI check that I earned working, but this year ALL SSDI checks were cut! Mine by almost $200 a month…not only do I fear for my life, but I fear facing homelessness again at my age & in a weakened state. I lived in shrubbery when I came out of the USN- I doubt if I would last long doing that again. I’ve always been very independent & can’t imagine being forced into a nursing home situation- better the woods!!!
I have been on disability since 1991, after I was stabbed in the heart in a robbery attempt, I did not ask for this and have been paying for that day with having severe heart problems ever since. I was an “owner operator” over the road truck driver, and with that attack, heart problems, it is impossible for me to get a CDL license, I have had over twenty jobs over the years, some manual labor, some were not very hard and I was able to do them, but when even a little angina came on and my employer would see me take a “nitro” tab, they would find some excuse to eliminate my position! I DO NOT like being on the “governments payroll” as I call Disability. Any way my Cardiologist has been a God send, as he has treated me very well over the years, and I know if I have a problem he will be there. I have recently recieved a letter from his practice that he and his partners are no longer recieving Medicare patients and will be changing thier practice due to Obamacare rules and regs, and the payment schedule for Medicare doesn’t cover the cost of even the paper work involved! So my question for the “slime” that inhabits the White House is–NOW WHAT BIG SHOT? Maybe I can get on your private payroll, like your illegal uncle, and that Aunt that was supposed to be deported 10-15 yrs ago and still lives the high life in Atlanta!!!!!
Even tho I am 78 I am still working. At this point most of us can not live just on social security. I don’t know what is in store for me and other seniors. I am in relatively good health right now. Health care is not the only thing we have to worry about. Our nation is going down the drain!!!
Hello,
Congress is doing a great job right now !! Their job is to control ‘ALL” the bills. If there is a bad bill in use, and they feel it needs to be called in for review, then they have the power to do so. Now, they are doing just that, and the Democrats are mad because Congress is doing there job!!
I am scared because people are not talking about “IF” Obamacare works its way into our health care system, the government will have cleared the way to access peoples finances with out getting a court order. Also, “This is not a tax and shall not be concidered a tax”. We can not even write off an expense larger than most people’s home property taxes. I think we need to shout these points from the roof tops. Our privacy has been stripped away !!
God says “Honor thy Mother and Father”. So satan would naturally want to do the opposite of that. With his children currently in power in our country, that’s what will happen. The opposite.
I am 77 years old and have been watching the slide of our country downward for a number of years. Much as I hate to say it you get what you voted for and that goes for us seniors also, we allowed much of this to happen by voting in or back the wrong people. I fear it is to late to stop this tragic slide so think when you are put to the side and the Gov. sucks your wealth who did I vote for?
As of today, I cannot truthfully say I have been mistreated by our federal or state government. I adamantly feel that Congress should be doing something about the cost of prescription drugs. It is quite evident that the FDA is on the boat with the pharmaceutical companies. I am a retired registered respiratory therapist. I have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. One of the prescribed medications has a retail cost of $665.00 for a 90 day supply. That is an annual cost of $2,660.00 per year. Medicare allows up to $2,880.00 for prescription drugs, then we are in the so-called donut hole, and assume the full cost, up to $4800.00. As you can easily see, this one medication alone (Spiriva handihaler) filled four times per year puts me within the donut hole by $220.00. . As a respiratory therapist, I started administering this inhaler to hospitalized patients almost 20 years ago. The pharmaceutical company has profited billions of dollars from this one drug. The 25 year patent is soon to run out, so now they are changing from a powder to a liquid form to obtain another 25 year patent on the same drug, again to profit millions more. The ironic thing about this, is the fact that one of our US senators ,Tom Coburn is a medical doctor! Imagine that!
Your 5th paragraph is referring to the stimulus bill of 09 not the Obamacare fiasco. Is this an error or did you mean the stimulus bill?
We live in a throw away society, if it is not beneficial to you, throw it away. That evidently is the attitude of the current administration toward the aging and elderly. With this new socialized medicine project it becomes more and more apparent the Obama people want to bring down the working class to the level of the welfare class. They are doing this by taxing those that HAVE, to the point of eliminating an entire class of people, the working class. Then by spending this great nation into oblivion, you eliminate the very core of the working class of people, the small businesses who can’t afford to pay wages so they don’t even try anymore. The idiots in Washington have let Obama get away with this system of government simply by opting out of the health care system not only for them and their families but also their union cronies and big money supporters. Being a senior citizen myself, I have a sinking feeling we have little to look forward to in the coming years.
handwriting was on the wall when the government started to borrowing from s.s and never paid it back i’ve been paying in since i was 16 years old and now i should get screwed because these lazy morons want every thing for nothing so we are winding up with socialized medicine like what England has thats why we had the tea party…to get away from english control and now we’re embracing there ways…wake up America and smell the the coffe before they start calling you comrad i’m now 76 years old and working full time to support the dead beats when i go to the market and see people coming in with food stamps with gold chains hanging around their necks finger nails two inches long..guess thats why they can’t work…think the government should be checking on the free loaders and not pick on the people that made America great GOD BLESS AMERICA because the free loaders will rape into the ground
The younger generation has proclaimed that they want what they did not work for. Sure there is a small group that is still willing to work to achieve their goals. And even some of them are being discriminated against and considered greedy. Those seniors that still have the guts need to challenge the younger generation. You have the experience and ability to understand the weakness of the younger generations inability to determine right from wrong. Withholding the cooperativeness to let people tell you what and how to do things by challenging and “get in their face” on a daily basis is going to establish that senior citizens have several things that can not be taken away (unless you allow it). Regardless of how much money you have and the decision of how you spend it still has an impact. Seniors as a group still have a significant base to the economy. It is time to become what seniors have always been accused of and that is difficult, opinionated and willing to call them as they see it. Too many times I have seen the younger generation not be called on the carpet for their disrespectful attitude and actions. The younger generation do not understand that how they treat their parents and grandparents is showing their children (young and older) how to treat them in a few years. Do not let them treat you with disrespect and they will not. If nothing else they might understand that you are not going to cooperate with them if they do not show the respect and cooperate with you. Remember when they were young and you set the example. The school system and the government has retrained them to be the way they are today. Just because they think they are the smartest does not mean they are honest and caring for others. There attitude of “it is OK to do something as long as they get away with it” has to be responded with your vocal shame on them. They need to be reminded that they are dishonest and will come back to haunt them when they least expect it. Also do not be afraid to let them know that what they take as a given (inheritance) is not automatic and you are willing to modify your decision of YOUR assets to be given to someone else. I remember my younger sisters shock and dismay when my parents let it be known that they were going to modify and put certain conditions of who would benefit based on how they were treated. I know it sounds harsh, but really no more harsh than being considered just another source of revenue for their enjoyment after you are gone. Yes, it sounds like you are bargaining for your kids love, but the greatest form of love is respect.
During the great American depression folks took care of one another, especially oldsters. Little by little old folks were relegated to “rest” homes or “retirement” homes or some such, and the government provided more and more “care.” What elders got was “free” medical care, among other things. “Free” medical meant lots and lots of drugs, so that the senior citizen sits all day in a drugged stupor. This is medical care? Now, of course, the oldsters won’t even get those supifying drugs. Too bad!
Yes, this is shameful! 2014 is around the corner. I pray that Conservative Republics get as many seats as possible. Obamacare needs to go. The lack of leadership in this country is gone. Government needs to be slashed to 1/3 of what it is today. Wasteful spending needs to be eliminated.I believe that the American people need to see a report each month as to where their tax dollars are being spent. IRS needs to be eliminated and a straight tax set up. Immigration laws need to be enforced. Everyone is going to get old one day. It is such a shame the way some elderly people are being treated. I grew up being taught that you respect your elders (in fact, everyone). All the government wants is to control every aspect of your life. That needs to stop. I have faith in the American people that are fighting for our rights. There needs to be an audit of all benefits that are being given to people. I mean one that really searches to see who really needs the benefit verses those that are just lazy, using drugs and just want a hand out from the government. I am not against helping those who really need it. I think those on government assistance should be enrolled in some type of training to help them get into a new trade so they can support themselves. There should be a limit on how many babies you can have if you having them and then having someone else raise them to get the benefits or even if you are raising them. If you have two children and are on assistance, I think you should be fixed so you can not have any more if you are unable to take care of them without government assistance. With the main media only reporting the liberal side of things and always putting down the conservative side is an outrage! None of those stations deserve to even be reporting news(what they consider news). I don’t even watch the main media anymore.
I pay over $400/month out of my own pocket to take care of my mom. She cannot live alone, I insist on taking care of her at home instead of putting her in a facility. I am not her favorite child, her favorite child’s husband wanted to put her in a facility. People live only 1-2 years in facilities. I am saying all this so you will know that respecting & caring for the elderly is very important to me. I do it even at great personal cost.
The treatment of WWII veterans treated so disrespectfully while trying to visit their monument in D.C. is another proof of elections having consequences. Not only are these people very elderly, they are our heroes and the reason Americans are not speaking German. They deserve the highest respect and our gratitude.
My father was killed in France and his name is on that memorial, which I just assume as I have never had the means or opportunity to go to D.C. If I had that opportunity and someone told me I couldn’t search for his name after managing to get so close, I would go ballistic.
Until the psychopathic Obama and his administration can be shut down along with Obamacare, and hopefully the evil ones in D.C. be arrested and tried for treason, we have no hope for people of all ages…as the younger people are going to be old someday as well. The Obama machinations have done more to age me and make me feel perpetually ill than any other difficult event in my life, and I’ve had many, so I’m being expedited to my death panel days.
There are a lot more of the elderly than there used to be. We have seen this problem (taking care of our elderly) since the 70’s & chose to ignore it. Now we have to pay the piper because we didn’t insist on leadership. Everyone (including those who are now elderly) just kept kicking the can down the road.
WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS IN NURSING CARE HOMES THAT SHOULD BE FIXED, MOST PEOPLE DON’T SAY ANY THING ABOUT ANY THING ,BECAUSE THEY KNOW THERE UNDER STAFFED AN CAN
T OR WON’T FIX WHAT GOING ON
JOBS, JOBS, AND JOBS IS WHAT MAKES LIFE BETTER FOR EVERYONE! JOBS SUPPORT PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT OR CAN NOT WORK!
COMPARING JOBS TO A BOAT! THE BIGGER THE BOAT (THE MORE JOBS), THE MORE IT CAN CARRY AND PEOPLE CAN LIVE A BETTER LIFE!
THE MORE RESTRICTED THE JOBS (OBAMA’S SOCIALISM) THE SMALLER THE BOAT, THUS LESS PEOPLE WORKING AND LESS PEOPLE KEEPING THE BOAT GOING. THE SMALLER THE GROUP HAS TO BE. ADJUST THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, GET RID OF THE NONPRODUCTIVE OLD BY NOT TAKING CARE OF THEM,
LOOKS LIKE OBAMA HAS TAKEN ON A GODLY IMAGE AND CULLS OUT THE REJECTS.
I’M A 65 YEAR OLD MALE, AND STILL WORKING, FOR A GOOD WHILE, GOD WILLING! DAN!
I just wrote a post on this subject and when I tried to submit it, it disappeared. Will try again.
My husband is recently on Medicare and has a history of hemorrhoids which were successfully treated with surgery in the past (pre-Medicare). He has been trouble-free for a decade. His problem reoccurred in the last few months and his doctor told him it had reached the point that surgery would be required. The doctor referred him to a specialist since palliative measures were no longer working.
When my husband saw the specialist, surgery was dismissed. He was given a prescription for an expensive tube of cream and a laxative (palliative measures again) and was sent off with an appoint several months in the future. Neither the cream or the laxative changed anything. Needless to say, he is still miserable.
When we see a specialist, it is usually because simple measures have ceased to be effective. The expensive cream didn’t work and is gone. It is not refillable–nor was it covered by Medicare. We hope my husband can get some help before the next appointment that was scheduled for him, but due to the work load of the doctor, it may not be possible.
I fully believe that this would not have happened had my husband not been on Medicare and I believe we have personally just seen a preview of things to come. I will be going on Medicare on October 1 and if I had chosen instead, to remain on Samaritan Ministries (a medishare program), I would have had to also give up Social Security. They’ve got you…….
Hi, Frank. For some unimaginable reason you’re not getting responses to this topic. I am in complete agreement with you concerning the treatment of seniors. Very early in Obama’s presidency, it came to my attention that he was going to deny meds to those of a certain age group, so they would cease to be a drain on society. It appears that was right on. He is an abomination to what this country stands for. He believes he can change the constitution without authority–other than his own. I shudder to think what this country will be in five years.
The beating and death of a WWII vet should be a wake up call to everyone. Those of us whose parents are now being abused by this administration to pay for a program nobody wants, small market medical clinics closing because of unnecessary costs, and now loss of docs able to take medicare patients is criminal. It chills me to think of what is coming….
We need to be learning from our seniors. They have lived through a depression and may have valuable information. We are cutting our arm off because of a scratch, is the way I see it. History repeats itself. Each time will get worse and worse. The men from this era gave their all for the freedoms that are being stomped on. You can not get more disrespectful than that. It is time for everyone to learn what it means to have morals and ethics. Our time is now!
that’s true about the ads. I imagine most visitors to this site already are part of the ‘choir’ so no need to preach so long. Tell what it is you are selling, the price, and be done!
I just read another post from someone who sounds almost identical to the others who are predicting a crisis by using the visual of the ‘4 Horsemen’. It is a shame that much true and useful information will be dismissed by many who feel it sounds too much like the last infomercial
Remember folks you also will be over fifty one day and with Obama Care in place. Waite a minute by than the government may have decided the age should be 20 to 45 years OPS how will that work for you? Maybe buy that time they will do a cost study of what it cost to keep you and decide it may be better served if you where converted to fertilizer for the GOOD OF ALL. Some food for thought.
I am surprised no one has left a comment. Are most of your readers under 65 or think they will be just fine once past that age? Think again! I am in my late 60’s, and have no intention of not being productive for quite a while. But you are correct; Obama wants me dead. I am allergic to some generic drugs, but have to pay dearly out of pocket for the “real” ones. I need a gel substance in an area of my back to keep the bones from pinching nerves, but Obamacare says I must have a series of nerve blocks instead. They work for only 3 days. God forbid I have something serious. With this POS in charge my next needle may turn out to be a lethal injection.
Just FYI, I am female, NRA member and prepper. Keep up your good work, but PLEASE cut the video ads, and just quickly say only what is absolutely necessary, display the item and price, and end the pitch. We regulars are really getting disgusted with them dragging on and on, and click off.