Why I Find Big Ed's Demotion To Weekends Troubling

[SoCalDem]

51. Whatever the real story is, we will never truly know

BUT, this happens all the time, always has and always will..

We are on a conveyor from the moment we enter the workforce, and older ones always move aside for younger ones.

It probably didn't matter that much once upon a time.. People were eligible for their pensions after 25 years of service, so lots of people welcomed that "early out". Many took on part time jobs to supplement their incomes until SS kicked in. People paid off houses too, so by the time a person was 50-something, they often had NO HOUSE PAYMENT.

It's a fairly recent phenomenon where so many people are squeezed so hard that they never accumulate anything in their whole lives, and must remain at the job forever.

Parents of Boomers mostly did NOT work 'til they dropped at their jobs.

The very poor probably did, but I'm talking "middle" (which is all but gone now).

Boomers were the last generation who got to go to college free-affordably, so parents of Boomers with a home paid for and no car payments or credit card debt COULD retire early ..

50-somethings today are often babysitting grandkids, taking care of an elderly parent, raising teenagers who will need help for college..they often are loaded with debt, have a highly leveraged-underwater mortgage, shitty health care that costs too much,,.or none.,.,and they can NEVER afford to retire..