2016 Postmortem

SharonAnn

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37. Yes, things like equal pay affect their daughters and granddaughters lives forever.

Fri Aug 9, 2013, 03:04 AM

Aug 2013

If I had the $500,000 - $1,000,000 I'd have been paid if I were a man, my retired life would be much more stable. And I worked in a field where I was paid more than most women were, yet it was always less than the pay of my male colleagues.

Ah well, I'm grateful for what I've been able to do with my career which provided much more opportunity than my brilliant mother ever had. I just thought that we'd be farther along by now and that my daughters and granddaughters would have even more opportunity than I had. Sadly, that's still a future we need to hope for.

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Why Seniors Are Turning Against The GOP [View all] eridani Aug 2013 OP

Yeah, but they've still got the racists. Scuba Aug 2013 #1

But when people understand the economic hurt of GOP policies, they may finally SharonAnn Aug 2013 #36

You obviously get it. As I so often tell my neighbors, they're not coming for your guns .... Scuba Aug 2013 #38

That is a bigoted statement as well. Skidmore Aug 2013 #42

I did not suggest that all seniors are racists. Just that all racists are Republicans. Scuba Aug 2013 #43

Wonder how donco Aug 2013 #2

Long waits, long lines at the polls. LiberalEsto Aug 2013 #4

that will donco Aug 2013 #6

voter ID smallcat88 Aug 2013 #11

many seniors do not have birth cerificates maindawg Aug 2013 #34

The fifth bullet point is especially interesting. spooky3 Aug 2013 #3

Many seniors like me greymattermom Aug 2013 #5

My mother was just talking to me about this. Arugula Latte Aug 2013 #7

Yes, things like equal pay affect their daughters and granddaughters lives forever. SharonAnn Aug 2013 #37

+1 n/t jaysunb Aug 2013 #8

This is BIG . . . . . Faryn Balyncd Aug 2013 #9

Not if Obama introduces this CHAIN CPI that will fuck us royally in 2014 with seniors bigdarryl Aug 2013 #40

You are correct. Faryn Balyncd Aug 2013 #41

But they still have the God, Guns, and (anti)Gays crowd. orwell Aug 2013 #10

The Times Are A-Changing grilled onions Aug 2013 #12

My generation marched at Selma, fought in Vietnam, Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #13

Sing it, Jackpine, I'm with you! Lifelong Protester Aug 2013 #15

I see mostly the older folks around me avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #18

You're my favorite kind of radical! Enthusiast Aug 2013 #22

+1,000 freshwest Aug 2013 #16

Another +1 JustAnotherGen Aug 2013 #26

Maybe because the GOP turned on them..... Wounded Bear Aug 2013 #14

The old farts are gonna die soon, anyway. F 'em!!! blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #17

That what some are hoping. avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #19

Frankly I don't think this administration has done much for seniors. avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #20

Oh, no! Seniors are turning into hippies! Enthusiast Aug 2013 #21

You have it ass-backwards--hippies are turning into seniors! n/t eridani Aug 2013 #32

I knew that. Enthusiast Aug 2013 #33

This old Senior walkerbait41 Aug 2013 #39

Good news for the 2014 mid-terms, if this 6 point Dem advantage continues. flpoljunkie Aug 2013 #23

Since Obama wants to cut Social Security, NEITHER party is on seniors' side... forestpath Aug 2013 #24

K & R Scurrilous Aug 2013 #25

my elderly in=laws were diehard, lifelong Republicans Berlum Aug 2013 #27

Good for us old folks! lark Aug 2013 #28

Seniors is not a monolith azureblue Aug 2013 #29

The youngest seniors were counterculture participants eridani Aug 2013 #31

I just hope they don't starve before the next two elections Tippy Aug 2013 #30

Seniors should ditch the GOP Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2013 #35