Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]True for everyone in my generation. Our parents were solidly middle class, made good money and had good jobs as soon as they graduated from high school. My generation has $8 an hour jobs that require a masters degree and tens of thousands in student loans we'll never pay for because we cannot even afford to eat on the pay we get. I'm lucky, I'm doing better than that self-employed, but I went years after college when I would go days at a time without food and I have been without a place to live. This is not a good life by any definition. Look at my Fort Wayne page and read the story there. That basically says it all....how our country has fallen. http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-results.php?category=32 -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-486-2581 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 7/29/11 7:18 PM, "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > On Jul 29, 2011, at 5:41 PM, Ken Carney wrote: > >> Ever since I turned 65, I keep seeing myself as Edward G. Robinson in >> Soylent >> Green when I need health care. In 2013, the base Medicare Part B premium >> goes to $245 (it is now $105), and goes up as your income goes up. That >> is >> about $500 per month for a couple, plus another $4,000 or so for a Medigap >> supplement for two. These amounts are from memory but I think are close. >> In >> terms familiar to us, that is an M9 and lens every year for health care >> that >> will probably be rationed anyway. "Remember in November" as they say. >> Nice >> photos BTW. > >> On 7/29/2011 10:32 AM, George Lottermoser wrote: >>> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=5500> > > Thanks Ken. > > My dad did far better than his father > and enjoyed a fine union pension and great health care. > > In one generation - gone! > very sad. > > Regards, > > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information