The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net worth 47 times greater than a household headed by someone under 35, according to an analysis of census data released Monday.

They like to refer to us as senior citizens, old fogies, geezers, and in some cases dinosaurs. Some of us are "Baby Boomers" getting ready to retire. Others have been retired for some time. We walk a little slower these days and our eyes and hearing are not what they once were. We worked hard, raised our children, worshiped our God and grown old together. Yes, we are the ones some refer to as being over the hill, and that is probably true. But before writing us off completely, there are a few things that need to be taken into consideration.

In school we studied English, history, math, and science which enabled us to lead America into the technological age. Most of us remember what outhouses were, many of us with firsthand experience. We remember the days of telephone party-lines, 25 cent gasoline, and milk and ice being delivered to our homes. For those of you who don't know what an icebox is, today they are electric and referred to as refrigerators. A few even remember when cars were started with a crank. Yes, we lived those days.

We are probably considered old fashioned and out-dated by many. But there are a few things you need to remember before completely writing us off. We won World War II, fought in Korea and Viet Nam . We can quote The Pledge of Allegiance, and know where to place our hand while doing so. We wore the uniform of our country with pride and lost many friends on the battlefield. We didn't fight for the Socialist States of America ; we fought for the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave." We wore different uniforms but carried the same flag. We know the words to the Star Spangled Banner , America , and America the Beautiful by heart, and you may even see some tears running down our cheeks as we sing. We have lived what many of you have only read in history books and we feel no obligation to apologize to anyone for America .

Yes, we are old and slow these days but rest assured, we have at least one good fight left in us. We have loved this country, fought for it, and died for it, and now we are going to save it. It is our country and nobody is going to take it away from us. We took oaths to defend America against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that is an oath we plan to keep. There are those who want to destroy this land we love but, like our founders, there is no way we are going to remain silent.

It was mostly the young people of this nation who elected Obama and the Democratic Congress. You fell for the "Hope and Change" which in reality was nothing but "Hype and Lies."

You youngsters have tasted socialism and seen evil face to face, and have found you don't like it after all. You make a lot of noise, but most are all too interested in their careers or "Climbing the Social Ladder" to be involved in such mundane things as patriotism and voting. Many of those who fell for the "Great Lie" in 2008 are now having buyer's remorse. With all the education we gave you, you didn't have sense enough to see through the lies and instead drank the 'Kool-Aid.' Now you're paying the price and complaining about it. No jobs, lost mortgages, higher taxes, and less freedom.

This is what you voted for and this is what you got. We entrusted you with the Torch of Liberty and you traded it for a paycheck and a fancy house.

Well, don't worry youngsters, the Grey-Haired Brigade is here, and in 2014 we are going to take back our nation. We may drive a little slower than you would like but we get where we're going, and in 2014 we're going to the polls by the millions.

This land does not belong to the man in the White House nor to the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Eric Holder. It belongs to "We the People" and "We the People" plan to reclaim our land and our freedom. We hope this time you will do a better job of preserving it and passing it along to our grandchildren. So the next time you have the chance to say the Pledge of Allegiance, Stand up, put your hand over your heart, honor our country, and thank God for the old geezers of the "Grey-Haired Brigade."

Footnote: This is spot on. I am another Gray-Haired Geezer signing on. I will circulate this to other Gray-Haired Geezers all over this once great country.

Can you feel the ground shaking???

It's not an earthquake, it is a STAMPEDE

Now that is some gibberish! 

• "Most of us remember what outhouses were"
• "we have at least one good fight left in us"
• " the Grey-Haired Brigade is here, and in 2014 we are going to take back our nation"  (how can you read that and not laugh!)
• "Can you feel the ground shaking??? "

Some googling did find a bit more on the wealth gap information which appears to be from 2011:

"The median net worth of households headed by someone 65 or older was $170,494. That is 42% more than in 1984, when the Census Bureau first began measuring wealth broken down by age. The median net worth for the younger-age households was $3,662, down by 68% from a quarter-century ago, according to the analysis by the Pew Research Center."

Interesting.   A 2011 story on that finding: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/economy/income/story/2011-11-06/wealth-gap-young-old/51098910/1

 

Edited: 08/05/2014 at 09:38 AM by Greensleeves

have to question this part - "[w]e entrusted you with the Torch of Liberty and you traded it for a paycheck and a fancy house."

The young dumbasses might have thought that they were doing that but, as we know, the PiC lies. What they ended up with is unemployment and having to live with their parents. Karmic justice there.

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Older folks like to forward that stuff around since they learned how to send email of cute cat pictures.
It makes them feel slightly more secure in a changing world.

Bless their hearts.

Of course they did also grow up in a time of post war prosperity, union jobs, and fixed benefit pensions. Back when a telephone linesman could send his kid to medical school.
Those days are gone, and they are culpable in letting the American Dream slip away to the corporate capitalists.



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"Are you a Communist?"
"No I am an anti-fascist."
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism."

-Protagonist Robert Jordan, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Hemmingway)

It's scary to watch the world get different around you if you are not capable of growth.


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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

Growth, eh? Growth is blindly supporting a president who has lied time after time, has botched everything he touched and has actively set out to divide the country? Growth is a cult-like worship of an unproven theory that man is causing catastrophic warming? Growth is supporting policies that have damaged our economy? Growth is decimating our country's military? Growth is throwing out the Constitution?

Well, since the growth you are referring to is growth in ignorance, I am proud to not be capable of it.

Scary? Quite the contrary. Amazed is the proper word. I am amazed that so many of my fellow countrymen have chosen to be ignorant and docile slaves to government - that is the difference that I am witnessing. In the meantime, however, I am capitalizing on this embrace of ignorance and feathering my bed. If you progs ever get the hell-hole paradise that you seek, I'll take my the money that the fools have have almost forced upon me, head for greener pastures and enjoy life.

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Tea Party irrational thinking based on a fictitious world created by Rupert Murdoch:  "Growth is blindly supporting a president who has lied time after time, has botched everything he touched and has actively set out to divide the country?"  

Tea Party rational thinking: "Maybe if we Tea Partiers didn't complain about everything and suck as bad as we do we could get some sort of respect and maybe attract some new blood."

 

"Growth is blindly supporting a president who has lied time after time, has botched everything he touched and has actively set out to divide the country?" "

Anybody capable of growth wouldn't fall for bullshit like that.

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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

Politifact lie of the year, gentlemen, won by none other than your beloved PiC. You progs forget about that? Well, here you go -

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2013/dec/12/lie-year-if-you-like-your-health-care-plan-keep-it/

So far as botching is concerned, we have Clown Care, Cash for Clinkers, Libya, Syria, the Russian reset (hahaha!), immigration, the economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bergdahl, Israel/Palestine, the Supreme Court shooting him down 13 times - like I said, everything.

As far as dividing the country, well the peeps are on my side on this one.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/july_2014/voters_see_a_more_divided_nation_gopers_more_enthusiastic_to_vote

Bullshit, indeed. Try using your own brains, progs. It isn't all that scary.

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Is incredible how different our worlds can be apparently. Keep looking for that time machine.

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"Are you a Communist?"
"No I am an anti-fascist."
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism."

-Protagonist Robert Jordan, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Hemmingway)

Preach on Brother Rustytruck .... preach on!!


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"Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do." - Bertrand Russell


"Morality is doing what is right, regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, regardless of what is right.


If I do not answer you .... nothing personal, I just have you on ignore.

Of course they did also grow up in a time of post war prosperity,(because they had jobs) union jobs,(JOBS again) and fixed benefit pensions(from working at a job for 30 years). Back when a telephone linesman could send his kid to medical school.(because he had a job)

seems like you are complaining about the fact that those old people worked all their lives and that now those same opportunities (JOBS) are not available...

Take it up with the President whose promises are empty and whose programs and policies kills jobs...

 

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His policies kill jobs?  Then why is unemployment down?  Hmmm?

Ah the noble oldsters who worked all thier lives.   And now they have all-timers disease, never did have a good grasp on global economics, and are being fed crap from their chosen news sources (Drudge, Faux...) to include thier motivtional emails like the one above.  Their ramblings would be funnier if their votes weren't affected as well. 

 

The difference, is back then, the telephone linesman lived like a telephone linesman and didnt expect to live in a house equal to a doctor at the time. That is the problem now-a-days. People want to live way outside thier means so the telephone linesman spends all his money to live in the same house as the doctor next door, drive the same mercedes as the doctor next door, take the same vacation as the doctor next door, then when he has no money to send his kid to medical school, he whines and cries that his kid needs to borrow money to go to shcool. If he lived his life like a linesman, he probably could have sent his kid to medical shcool. That my friend is the differnece between now and yesteryear.....

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"Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each" - Henry David Thoreau

That's correct, his policies have killed jobs. If you don't know the answer to your second question, you need to inform yourself. Progs aren't always going to have a conservative around to bail them out from their own stupidity. Start getting used to doing things on your own.

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If you don't know the answer to your second question, you need to inform yourself.

We could inform ourselves on Breibart and Fox, but then we would both be wrong.

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I was right.

The Liinesman always had aspirations of living better, more like the Dr.
The difference between then and now is that the income gap between the Linesman and the Dr has grown much bigger.

Same aspirations, less chance of approaching them.



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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

His policies kill jobs?  Then why is unemployment down?  Hmmm?

 

 

 

Hmmm...

be-cause people gave up trying to find work???

be-cause unemployment benefits have been extended by years???

Be-cause %30 of households recieve some federal assistance and so don't 'need' to work

BE-CAUSE... with Obama care now people WON"T have to work to be covered by health insurance and can choose to stay at home instead???

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That is a beautiful graph...

look at that... every time the orange line bumps upward...

the little blue line bumps upward...

every time the orange line drops down... the little blue line drops down...

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What graph you looking at?

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I was right.