I was having coffee and donuts with neighbors this morning as we do every Friday when the fast-paced conversation suddenly jackknifed in the middle of the table just like a big rig would, causing a verbal pile up about the unemployment situation in Oregon. Presently we're at a little over twelve percent with rural counties running higher than that. Oregon! One of the first to get hit in the ass and the last to recover.
The donut crew as we've labeled ourselves are all over sixty five. And no, we're not immune to the Obama administration's Socialistic policies (as I call them) which are resulting in the economic demise of our U.S. economy. I know it's a little late for pointing fingers at the democrat voters as we're all suffering as Americans from high prices and job losses. And we don't know who exactly is behind it all, anyway.
Sitting on my right was Maria. She is 85 and is considered to be the matriarch of our group. She's got a good retirement income from the Fed. and lives worry free. She has a yard man mow her lawn, she travels a lot and sure doesn't do without. That doesn't mean she doesn't have a deep concern for her adult kids who all live in the chaotic state of California.
Pete sat on my left. He's in his seventies, has some disorder that causes him to shake a lot yet doesn't let it affect his great sense of humor. He seems to ignore the economic plight of our country as he says he can't do anything about it anyway. Across the table, his wife Doris looks worried. They've already had to sell their home because it was too much to afford and now they live in an apartment. What with Pete's health I'm sure she wonders what will become of her when he passes away.
Then there was Bob and his wife Paula at the table. Bob is a diabetic who recently had stomach surgery. He's in his mid-sixties and officially retired, as is his wife, also in her sixties. But Bob still does accounting and taxes for small companies and organizations to bring in extra money. They're not immune to the economic pinch, either..
As for myself, I'm sixty-six and supposedly retired, too. Funny how people automatically think when you look a certain age or they know you've actually reached that age you can kick back and enjoy your silver years. Well, stop the presses! Here's a news flash! Not all of us can. Quite candidly, I predict that not many people will be able to from here on out if things continue as they are.
Take me for example; I write articles. This is one of many that I have published all over the Internet. This is how I can still make a living. I can't survive on Social Security income and I don't have a pension. I'm not complaining but this is what I do and will continue to do until I can't anymore.
This coming Friday the donut crew will no doubt seat themselves around the table again and chatter about whatever is on their minds. Life will continue, I suppose until one of us, some of us and eventually all of us pass into eternity. Until then however, our small group of seniors represent a microcosm of folks who are pretty much non-existent to most folks in this country. Who cares, really how this sabotaged economy is affecting us?
I find it interesting how politicians become so concerned about seniors at election time. They'll promise everything they can for us when it's not theirs to promise. Their rhetoric is convincing, slick and attracts the votes of so many gullible, trusting seniors. But when they're voted into office they're not to be found and their promises fade to dust just as the politicians know that those seniors who elected them will soon do. But no matter, our politicians know there's a whole new crop of seniors that should be just about ready to be manipulated during the next election cycle.
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