Charlie Self wrote:

Not all old people are sick. Not all need free medicine. But it would help
if pharmaceutical companies didn't put the screws to consumers. As the

Agreed. $60 a freaking PILL?! For 15 cents worth of chemicals.

boomers vacate the workforce, something that will happen in a big rush
starting very, very soon, you won't have to worry about NAFTA or anything
else taking jobs away. There will be openings everywhere.

IME so far, the boomers aren't going anywhere until they die. I don't know
anybody who has the slightest illusion of being able to retire.

The whole stock market thing didn't help either. Dad, for example, lost
almost all of his retirement money to the downturn. At best, he can't
retire until things pick back up, and more practically he's figuring on
working until at least 10 years after his death.

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