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Divernan

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46. Here's a significant change a President/govt. can make

Tue Jul 7, 2015, 06:54 AM

Jul 2015

Last edited Tue Jul 7, 2015, 09:16 AM - Edit history (1)

Expand social security/medicare to cover hearing aids and eyeglasses. Those are both extremely expensive items, which have a massive impact on one's quality of life.

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Stopped in 7-11, 70 yr old man behind the counter, I wanted to know WHY! [View all] randys1 Jul 2015 OP

Don't make assumptions Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #1

Which is why I only asked him if he had heard of Bernie, I didnt ask him why he was working, I randys1 Jul 2015 #2

The last sentence of your OP Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #7

My assumptions and what I said to him are very different. I assumed something, you are right randys1 Jul 2015 #8

Your right. My neighbors are two federal government yeoman6987 Jul 2015 #6

Just remembered one of my dad's co-workers Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #10

After my father retired as a senior business executive, he got a P/T job as a pari-mutuel clerk... brooklynite Jul 2015 #28

An easy job physically - sitting down. Divernan Jul 2015 #48

I am a 70 something Fed under the old system -CSRS. Hangingon Jul 2015 #31

I agree. You should get SS but at least you never put into the system yeoman6987 Jul 2015 #36

I understand CSRS annuity calculations. No regrets. Hangingon Jul 2015 #39

If anybody tells you that you shouldn't work, mythology Jul 2015 #41

And some don't want to, but they have no pension and social security shraby Jul 2015 #9

Can you tell the difference? Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #11

I don't have biases. I know we would have to work if there weren't a shraby Jul 2015 #33

I work when I can find it. I'm seventy five. I'd rather not but stagnant Cleita Jul 2015 #12

while heartfelt on your part, you unintentionaly told him HFRN Jul 2015 #3

No, I mentioned that he and I had some things in common that Bernie was working on randys1 Jul 2015 #4

You did well. Very few old people actually want to work and mostly those Cleita Jul 2015 #14

It's not bullshit Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #18

That's anecdotal. Your family. No one knows your family except you. Cleita Jul 2015 #19

So? Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #23

Actually my experience is being an old person myself and knowing Cleita Jul 2015 #29

--and Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #5

I hope you made sure to circle around LordGlenconner Jul 2015 #13

LOL just the opposite, as I pointed out...but good one randys1 Jul 2015 #16

Actually third wayers have a lot to do with by not increasing the COLAs Cleita Jul 2015 #17

When has SS not given a COLA? Never. yeoman6987 Jul 2015 #37

I never said they didn't give them. They just made them so paltry that that Cleita Jul 2015 #38

Most of us are not going to be able to retire gwheezie Jul 2015 #15

All I can see here is that you SheilaT Jul 2015 #20

+1 Ms. Yertle Jul 2015 #24

+2. How obnoxious can you get? Paladin Jul 2015 #30

Yep. nt sufrommich Jul 2015 #50

"I then said that he needed give him a look and a listen because Bernie didnt want people his age" NCTraveler Jul 2015 #21

Ha ha look at everyone tip toeing around trying to out PC each other. Kalidurga Jul 2015 #22

Exactly, thanks. If more people did what I did, whether it is a senior citizen working randys1 Jul 2015 #25

I think it's funny that people are discouraging you from discussing a candidate BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #43

exactly. it is the name restorefreedom Jul 2015 #51

When it comes to vets I truly believe the Dem party supports him and the cons not only dont randys1 Jul 2015 #52

That's how it is right now BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #53

Another thing to point out is how Bernie supports veterans heavily... cascadiance Jul 2015 #26

Did you happen to mention that Bernie is 73 years old Oliver Holmes Jul 2015 #27

Yes. He shouldn't have to continue working, after all. MineralMan Jul 2015 #35

But "HAVE TO" is the OP's point. Remember, Hillary is also a senior citizen. Divernan Jul 2015 #47

Oh right, he forgot the ageism BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #44

I will be 70 years old at the end of this month. MineralMan Jul 2015 #32

Here's a significant change a President/govt. can make Divernan Jul 2015 #46

I assume you mean Medicare, not SS. MineralMan Jul 2015 #49

What is it that you think Bernie Sanders will do to let that person MineralMan Jul 2015 #34

2.6 trillion in the SS fund will do it. Bernie has already said that SS can be Cleita Jul 2015 #40

For me it's what a GOP pres and Congress would do gwheezie Jul 2015 #42

I applaud your political outreach to a "senior" Divernan Jul 2015 #45