[TDoS]

Making bank while I still can.

At your age? Why? What's the matter with doing the retiree gig full time?

[K-Dog]

Making bank while I still can.

At your age? Why? What's the matter with doing the retiree gig full time?

In a sense you are right.  On the other hand the small amount my McJob pays makes a significant difference in lifestyle, and 'huffin the bale' makes for a remarkably physically fit fossil.  There are downsides and upsides as in any situation.  And best way for retired fossils to keep mentally fit is physical exercise.  Ask a doctor about that, and they will agree.  The exercise makes for healthy circulation.  The brain likes exercise better than crossword puzzles.

About 20% of people plan on working after retirement but only 10% do.  Physical restraints kill the dream of half of people who want to keep working in retirement.  That is my guess for the reason, so when I say:

Making bank while I still can.

I mean it.  The day will come when I can't work.  Youth and vigor will do me in.

One one hand you are absolutely right.  I do have more retirement savings than the median American.  On the other hand that means absolutely nothing.  Most Americans have jack shit saved for retirement.  I do have more than jack shit, but I do not have as much as Jack has.  But since I am able to save something, my stash is growing instead of slowly shrinking as would be the case if I were not working.  Considering that fact puts me more way more ahead at the end of a year than I would otherwise be.

I know of one Republican who 'lost 100K under Biden'.  He thinks Trump will 'fix things'.  My prediction is at the end of four more years of Trump the asshole will be down 200K more and I will be up 100K should we both still be kicking.  Fear of what rich lame brain white whale assholes may do to fuck the rest of us over next keeps me working.

I'm worried about RE, the racist white whales currently running the show may soon do him in.  His situation is only as resilient as the government is.  These days that is not saying much.

[TDoS]

I'm worried about RE, the racist white whales currently running the show may soon do him in.  His situation is only as resilient as the government is.  These days that is not saying much.

His options are certainly limited. I find it unlikely that in 4 years our Dear Leader will torpedo enough of the country/economy to degrade it to the point where they are emptying out the cripple care facilities and letting them duke it out with the non-crippled homeless for dumpster scraps.

[RE]

It will be interesting to see how it develops.  In my favor here are demographics, the sheer number of people who are currently covered by Medicaid who would be unable to pay the outrageous prices charged by care facilities that warehouse the old and crippled until they expire.  We're not talking a few thousand federal workers here, it's millions of people.

Besides the direct recipients, the industry that depends on us as the source of their profits is huge. Thousands of doctors and nurses get their paychecks from this business, along with administrators and corporate board of directors.  So a complete defunding would create total chaos, which CONgress critters are aware of.

I expect to see some cuts at the federal level with states forced to pick up more of the tab themselves.  Reimbursement rates probably get shaved and staff ratios will get even worse.  Food will get worse.  I seriously doubt I'll be out on the street at this point.  A lot of people would have to go before me who are less of a basket case.

Under the worst case scenario,  I have a Plan B and Plan C alternatives to try.  Not there yet though.

RE