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In reply to the discussion: Unemployable At 50 Fate Of Present And Future Workers [View all]rtassi
(629 posts)if that seems like an answer to you ... Fishing tours, hardware stores, really? ... I'm 58, me and the bank own a National historic landmark sailing vessel offering cruises in Maine ... the only reason I am still in business is that the bank is afraid to take her back ... a far as the local family owned Hardware store in our town ... they are in the death rattle as well ... It takes capital to start any business ... and the costs associated to operate relative to income can be devastating in an economy like this one ... to say nothing of the cost and intrusion by the USCG local harbor ordinances, insurance, EPA and equipment, to start that little fishing tour operation ... No wage slave will ever get close to affording what appears to be from your view a life made possible by the mere possession of a health care plan and ss stipend ...