America Hates Me, and I Hate America in the 21st Century
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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart
America’s biggest little secret is a crime against humanity:
America hates the elderly.
Most of what I believed about my country for the last 80
years was based on lies and illusion. Raised in the 1950’s and 1960’s, I was naive
and believed that our leaders cared about the people they were elected to
serve. It was all a lie, a fantasy created by corrupt and self-serving
politicians.
Over eight decades, my love for the nation of our Founding
Fathers has faded. The reason is clear and undeniable: no one with the power to
save our nation has any interest in performing the jobs for which they were
elected.
AMERICA IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST
A study of life in developed nations revealed the reality of
life in America in the 21st century. The United States is at the
bottom of every important issue: healthcare, education, and quality of life.
One issue was not on the list: how America treats its oldest
citizens.
If the only Great President in history, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt had not established a retirement plan for all of our nation’s
citizens in 1935, Social Security, every elderly American without a realistic
plan from the private sector would be homeless today.
Almost every nation in the world values and respects its
older people. Not America. They want us to die as early as possible. Politicians
want to use the money we and our employers contributed to Social Security for
their own projects, designed to help them win elections. Much of the money
contributed to the fund has already been stolen to fund other projects, proving
that America’s government is the most corrupt and incompetent in the world.
LIFE WAS DIFFICULT PRIOR TO THE SECOND ILLEGITIMATE ELECTION
OF THE WORST MAN IN THE WORLD
Living on a fixed income is difficult to say the least.
However, Trump’s failed economic policies, combined with Greedflation are forcing
my wife and I to struggle and face the greatest fear of all, losing our home.
Each year we receive a tiny increase in our Social Security
checks. Last year, it was 2.5 percent. We were paying 60 percent more for all
the necessities of life. It’s much worse today.
In every other developed nation, seniors receive healthcare
and other needs for free. Although I paid into Medicare for 45 years, I
continue to pay for medical services. It is an undeniable fact that healthcare
in America is the most expensive and least effective in the world.
Fact: the primary reason families become homeless in America
is the cost of healthcare. And that “healthcare” is always below the standards
received by wealthy Americans.
PERSONAL FACTS
I have become a disabled American. I cannot stand or walk,
and the few doctors I have seen don’t know why. My legs are strong, but when I
stand, I have little balance and my back begins to hurt.
There is a reason what doctors do is called “practicing
medicine.”
Op-ed by James Turnage
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Sources: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/:
Most Americans Face a Grim Old Age—and Disadvantaged Groups Have It Worse
opportunityinstitute.org: Aging in America Shouldn’t Be So
Awful
Poverty among seniors is
skyrocketing – but it doesn’t have to be
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