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“The yard had lush grass, a couple of run tracks, a softball field, soccer field, workout areas with pull-up and dips bars, but the thing I noticed the most was how many old guys were on the facility. I had been just about the oldest guy at the maximum-security yard, but here there were wheelchairs, walkers, men carrying canes, all wearing green mobility-impaired vests. I also noted there didn’t seem to be any tension, prisoners were not grouping by race, no one seemed to be hyper-vigilant, the atmosphere was relaxed, almost cheerful, quite alien to my experience”
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There are also many more rich people than ever before . It’s the haves and the haves not now. Middle wage earners used to be the largest population , it’s been shrinking and shrinking . The population of lower wage earners is increasing. Wages have not been keeping up with inflation or the cost of housing for many years .
Meanwhile CEO’s and others high up in companies make ridiculous amounts of money compared to 50 years ago . Percentage wise their salaries have gone up so much more than inflation has .
Where I live on the east coast, there are alot of pretty old people working in the stores mainly as cashiers .
You make a valid point. I’m sure that some elderly folks may be desperate enough to go that route to acquire food and shelter.
It’s getting to the point that an elderly might as well go into a bank and hand them a note so they go to federal prison. There are at least services there.
Thanks for sharing this information. It’s tragic, devastating and heartbreaking to see this happening in our country.
It’s very depressing and extremely concerning. It’s way past time for positive changes.
I see several major issues in this article, the elderly, our homeless situation and the drug crisis that we have in our country.
Oh, and let’s not forget that at this point in time, we don’t exactly have great candidates to vote into office.