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They will become homeless, live under a bridge next to the railroad tracks, eat at soup kitchens they can walk, cane, walker or roll to, collect returnable cans and bottles for things they need to buy and subsist. They will get health care from medicaid IF they have someplace to get mail, like a cheap PO box, paid for with said cans and bottles.
I did it once, I guess I can do it again.
Then they will die, and be buried in "potter's Field" on the gov't dime of $250.00, IF it still exists, to not pollute waterways.
That IS already what the wealthy want to do to decrease the surplus population.
Charming future isn't it?
I have been reading your posts, and I have nothing but respect and admiration for the resilience and resourcefulness you have demonstrated in meeting extreme adversity and coming through it. You have been to the depths as I have not and you have much to teach us.
However, I have to disagree with your sentence which I bolded. First, there is no such thing as what "the wealthy" want because the wealthy are individuals, many individuals, and they do not all agree on everything, any more than "the poor" agree on everything amongst themselves.
In the light of what you have gone through, I can understand a certain amount of bitterness. But demonizing the wealthy is frequently inaccurate and based on nothing but resentment. Certain wealthy individuals (Bill Gates is only one example) have gone to extraordinary lengths to benefit humanity with their wealth.
1) You get a subsidized senior apartment that costs 30% of what you make and that's all bills paid.
2) You apply for SNAP.
3) You apply for Medicaid. They pay your Medicare premium and function as your secondary insurance. This leaves you with all medical free, even prescriptions.
4) Having Medicaid and SNAP opens all the food banks for your use. Between this and SNAP, almost all your food needs are met. And Meals on Wheels will deliver 7 frozen dinners a week right to your door.
5) SNAP gives you a free cellphone.
Using that $880 per month amount, the apartment would cost you right about $250 per month. Then add in $30 per month for a senior bus pass. What else would you NEED? Especially since your food is taken care of? Maybe a few bucks a month for stuff like soap, TP, and paper towels. And maybe $100 per year for clothes. So lets say total expenses are $350. That leaves you with $500 per month free and clear to spend as you please. There a lot of people who see less money than this at the end of the month!
My daughter's roommate is on SNAP, I think she gets subsidized to utilities bill too.
They're still being killed today in some parts of the world. In India, an ultrasound is used primarily for determining the sex of an unborn child. If it's a girl, the chances are much greater of it being aborted.
or they work longer . retirement has never been a right . it has only been a privilege for those who could afford it . if you can live on your social security , great but if not you need to find something to do even if it is some kind of phone gig .
eventually like water ,everyone seeks their own level if they can't work . it just may be a lifestyle they dislike .
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