My wife’s 72-year-old brother was “written up” at work recently

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89. BS.

Fortunately, I am currently retired and my Wife & I are doing OK,
but instead of patting ourselves on the back and congratulating ourselves on how smart we are,
we fully recognize that we are GAWD DAMMED LUCKY to have survived the gauntlet.
Not a day goes by that we don;t thank our lucky stars.

Retirement should NOT be a matter of LUCK.
In the richest country in The WORLD,
a comfortable retirement should be GUARANTEED.

There was a time when the Democratic Party agreed,
and worked to that end.
(SEE: FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights)
Sadly, the Party has moved so far to the conservative RIGHT,
that they now agree with you.

How do you know that the 72 year old didn't do Everything Exactly Right,
and have his retirement stolen from hiom by a crooked corporation or Wall Street crooks?

Any ONE of the above scenarios may happen to YOU, or any one of us.
(Unless YOU are a member of the privileged 1%.. then your losses are covered by the Public Treasury)

How will YOU like it when some smug conservative tells you
that You should have planned for that.
Too bad YOU are still working at 72 years old,
but like I said... You shoulda planned for that tornado and Wall Street/Political corruption.

Not everyone has been born with the blessings you take for granted.
Now take your Randian bootstraps and Reaganesque "personal responsibility" and put them where the sun don't shine.