And the 3rd rail of politics begins zapping folks…
Anyone who pays attention to issues with the government knows that our current policies surrounding Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are unsustainable over the long term, but Bernanke paints a particularly frightening picture. Advice: if you haven’t already, start planning for your retirement NOW. Uncle Sam isn’t very likely to have any social security money left for you once you reach 65:
http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/testimony/2007/20070118/default.htm
As a related aside, you know how they always say “respect your elders”? Well, if I’m working and my money is paying for those elders to live without working and to get their various medications, don’t I get the right to be a little more sassy and less-formally respectful to them? I think I should.
Every time my grandfather chided me for not being ladylike enough as a kid (I was a tomboy - so sue me!), I always wanted to tell him to shove it. I think if I’m paying for him to sit around high on Vicodin reading memoirs about Reagan than I should be allowed to openly disregard such crotchety criticisms…