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socialist_n_TN

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6. Yep, it's actually all of us.........
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 10:48 AM
Jan 2014

For all practical purposes anyway. The old folks like me at the tag end of our working lives are facing years of a precarious work situation and very little safety net. My wife just got laid off after 10 years on her job. She could take early retirement this Spring, but what about insurance? With her medical history even an ACA plan will be VERY expensive and she makes too much for subsidies. My daughter has $30k of student loan debt and that's going to take a while to pay off even with a BSN. And you folks in the middle have wage stagnation at BEST and increasingly precarious work also without even the prospect for future retirement.

Like I said, ALL of us are in the same boat. No matter which way we go, it's going to be hard on the 99%.

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And Happy New Year Comrades!...... [View all] socialist_n_TN Dec 2013 OP
Happy new year! Joe Shlabotnik Dec 2013 #1
I'm always hopeful that this will be the TBF Jan 2014 #2
Yeah, I know..... socialist_n_TN Jan 2014 #3
I think it is touching so many of us - TBF Jan 2014 #4
Yep, it's actually all of us......... socialist_n_TN Jan 2014 #6
More of ctsnowman Jan 2014 #5
That's so true ct....... socialist_n_TN Jan 2014 #7
Happy New Year, comrades! Starry Messenger Jan 2014 #8
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