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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 07:31 PM Original message |
Report: Homelessness set to surge among US elderly (33% increase by 2020) |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. that would be me-- the SO and I are already talking about how to retire... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is so wrong. The richest country in the world? Have we no shame? nt |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Raw story also had a feature today about Action Comics #1 selling for $1.5 million |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. this is what was coming |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Paying attention didn't matter. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-31-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. kick |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. That's interesting about the DUer going ballistic. If I were in her position, I |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I was shocked, and yes, it's just a matter of perspective. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. And sadly the guy or guys who created Superman didn't |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. They got a "stipend" decades later after DC Comics got bad press |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. OMG. How obscene. |
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ChicagoSuz219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, that gives us 10 years to get our act together. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Finally, I am a statistic. Living in my car, and ...oh wait, I am only 64. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. One more year, my Precious, and you too can be a statistic |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. You count with me too!! |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. You always count Bobbo! |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. K&R. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. K&R |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. Good God |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. It Makes Sense |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Yep. And there's a big push to start cutting the SS benefits and/or raising the age we can access it |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. There is just no excuse for this...and I think their numbers are too low. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Of course the estimates of poverty are always too low. It's about the way they define poverty |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Exactly who defines poverty? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. Mr. President...Congress...are you listening? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. They are listening. But not to us. nt |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. +10,000 |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-29-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. ..BUT KEEP SPENDING 700+ BILLION A FUCKING YEAR ON OUR FUCKING MILITARY! |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
22. K&R |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. And the Debt Commission hasn't evn slashed Social Security benefits yet |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
28. We want to be retired by 2020. I'm beyond pissed that there's a good chance we could be homeless. |
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caseycoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-30-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. K&R n/t |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-01-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. This is a disgrace... |
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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. First of all we need to help people stay in their homes(which isn't working out all that well) |
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happy_liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. kick |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-03-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
36. Average cost for Nursing Home stay is about $4000 a month |
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