Why has the US Government Forgotten senior citizen?

Question

Senior citizens are having to go back to work and the government spending on War and leaving it's people to die because cost of living is out of reach for then

Answer 1

     I'm afraid it isn't just the senior citizens, that are going to have to get use to a different, less well-financed life style.

     I don't think it's the governmemt that has forgotten them, it's that this nation's debt - both nationally, the federal governments expenditures(the wars, etc., etc.), it's that of the entire consuming population.

     The federal governments debt is now something like around 10 trillion dollars; and the consumer's debts - credit cards, mortgages, etc. -  is somewhere around 42 trillion.

     The relative value of the dollar continues to fall; the price of oil is not likely to come down to any meaningful, financial relief level.

     So that, the bottom line, is that everyone in this country - with the exception of the filthy rich - is going to have to become use to a much lower standard of living; no ifs, ands, or buts.

                                                     Alberich

      

Answer 2

Senior citizens had a responsibility to save for their retirement.  Taxes already provide Social Security and Medicare.  Young people today are so overtaxed because every special interest group thinks their problems are more important.