Comments on: Adventures at Midlife: Still waiting for Uncle Sam? http://midlifebloggers.com/2008/08/19/adventures-at-midlife-still-waiting-for-uncle-sam/ Making The Most of MidLife--Together Mon, 21 May 2012 02:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: About blogging: A nanosecond in the Sun, er, Bee « Adventures at Midlife http://midlifebloggers.com/2008/08/19/adventures-at-midlife-still-waiting-for-uncle-sam/comment-page-1/#comment-586 About blogging: A nanosecond in the Sun, er, Bee « Adventures at Midlife Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:13:13 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=224#comment-586 [...] in the Sun, er, Bee September 2, 2008 Thanks to ByJane for pointing out that one of my blogposts at MidLifeBloggers was picked up over the weekend by the Sacramento Bee in its California Blogwatch column. After [...] [...] in the Sun, er, Bee September 2, 2008 Thanks to ByJane for pointing out that one of my blogposts at MidLifeBloggers was picked up over the weekend by the Sacramento Bee in its California Blogwatch column. After [...]

]]> By: msmeta http://midlifebloggers.com/2008/08/19/adventures-at-midlife-still-waiting-for-uncle-sam/comment-page-1/#comment-506 msmeta Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:07:50 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=224#comment-506 Ellen, it's my apocalyptic vision of those indigent seniors that keeps me awake some nights. Aged, infirm — and destitute. Wow. Will our children and American charity be enough to fill the gap? Ellen, it’s my apocalyptic vision of those indigent seniors that keeps me awake some nights. Aged, infirm — and destitute. Wow. Will our children and American charity be enough to fill the gap?

]]> By: Ellen http://midlifebloggers.com/2008/08/19/adventures-at-midlife-still-waiting-for-uncle-sam/comment-page-1/#comment-505 Ellen Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:43:14 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=224#comment-505 I didn't participate in the survey but i can definitely be counted among the pessimists. And, while I don't expect the government to rescue my generation, I imagine sundry government entities will be compelled to "do" something (particularly in housing and healthcare) because, in pure demographic terms, there are so dang many of us and we, collectively, have so little put away for retirement. My husband and I have tried to save, of course, but we got a late start, having entered the workforce during the Reagan recession. And of course, we aren't immune to the siren songs of a consumerist culture. So I expect to continue working, full-time or part-time, until the impairments of age make it physically or mentally impossible. And then I will probably take my place in a veritable tsunami of indigent seniors. I didn’t participate in the survey but i can definitely be counted among the pessimists. And, while I don’t expect the government to rescue my generation, I imagine sundry government entities will be compelled to “do” something (particularly in housing and healthcare) because, in pure demographic terms, there are so dang many of us and we, collectively, have so little put away for retirement.

My husband and I have tried to save, of course, but we got a late start, having entered the workforce during the Reagan recession. And of course, we aren’t immune to the siren songs of a consumerist culture. So I expect to continue working, full-time or part-time, until the impairments of age make it physically or mentally impossible. And then I will probably take my place in a veritable tsunami of indigent seniors.

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