by Richard Serra

Created on: February 25, 2007   Last Updated: December 27, 2010

Senior Bashing... A growing pastime!

A letter written to the editor of a local paper by one of its readers asks seniors "when is enough enough"...His guest opinion as many others, is devoted to denying seniors the benefits they worked so hard for. Cut the cost of living allowance? Raise the retirement age, and deny them increases because their house may be paid for? Two very hard proposals to swallow for those seniors who just about survive.

He does however make a couple of points that makes some sense, but it would only apply to a small percentage of the overall senior population. I don't want to get into everything he proposed, but his closing statement where he acknowledges that he will be criticized for asking....."What about the rest of society? How much more than 50 percent of our resources will satisfy you? When is enough enough" He says.

Sounds pretty frustrated! My reply to his questions was with a question, and that is, what did he think seniors were doing the whole time while they were paying their dues before they became seniors? Very simple answer, they were doing what him, and so many like him are so "reluctant" to do!

They want to be free from the same thing that seniors had to do, without any thought as to the hardship his proposals would present. Wonder if he thought of how seniors have to keep paying to help send his kids to school, even though seniors already paid for their own children's education who no longer attend school.

He hasn't thought of the billions wasted in other ways that cost us all. Of course because of his good fortune, he won't be having the same problems as the majority of seniors have when he becomes a senor himself.

His opinions echo that of many in his age group, and that nothing short of finding out the hard way will suffice when it comes to understanding why seniors need something more.

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