(#5992) The republican party makes life especially hard for older folks

      I am not real old but I am just about to turn 70 years old. I worked hard in my younger life in manual and supervisory roles that took their toll on my body. As a home and building wood framer for more than a decade, an underground miner and logger for several years I have had some of the most rugged work to perform and it has worn me down as I keep getting older. I am still strong but nowhere near do I have the power and fortitude of my youth. That is the thing about aging, it is relentless in its winding down the height of our promise toward an end. So when the republican party is always looking to keep us seniors from any comfort as the end of our lives approach you should get my anger at them. not just for me but for all we who are not young anymore.
     There are many other age groups who could claim the same about the callousness of the republican party but for me it is front and center as an aged person. I don't expect a hand out from our government but I do expect some respect. At least with Democrats we get recognition for our life long work endeavors that do make our society a better place and that is admirable. The Democratic party has in my lifetime always been there to help the working middle poor class elevate themselves from no opportunities to several opportunities. And when we workers get older and unable to keep pace with the younger workers we had our Social Security and Medicare at minimum to look forward to as a foundation.
     Not anymore as the republican party is prepared to take a sledgehammer to our foundation of Social Security and Medicare so that the obscenely wealthy in our nation can have even more that they could never spend in a lifetime. We the working middle poor class are being used to destroy what little comfort Social Security and Medicare provide to seniors. It all makes me sad and mad at the same time that our care for our elders is such that it is not a priority. We elders of our existence are being discarded for a purpose that can only be described as intentionally greedy and disregarded for the pain and suffering we endured to live our lives improving society for those who follow us. Shame Shame Shame!