'I tried to save enough to cover my retirement years, but for better or worse, I’m pretty healthy, and could live to be 100. Once that money is gone, I can’t afford to stay here.'
Worse, so many of the problems that plagued society throughout my life are still with us. A few years ago, I was delivering a collection of canned goods to thein Germantown, only to discover it was closed. As I got back in my car, another pulled up and a young woman got out, obviously dressed for work. She had two kids with her and was upset that the food pantry was closed. So I opened the trunk of my car and said, “Help yourself.” She asked if I was sure, but then took me up on my offer.
Meanwhile, some problems have actually gotten worse over the course of my lifetime. When I was a kid in Philadelphia, we never had to worry about getting caught in a crossfire on the way to school or the market. I never worried about the collapse of democracy in the United States until Jan. 6, 2021. Now I look at my great-nephew, just 1 month old, and I tremble for him.
When it comes to the elderly, the state isn’t doing enough to help. The price of housing shouldn’t increase more than our income does, and in times of inflation, it would be nice to get a corresponding decrease in rent — perhaps by the amount of inflation — given how much everything else is costing.
As a nation, we should be ashamed we aren’t doing this already. We shouldn’t be leaving so many people without essential needs like food and shelter and medical care, particularly those who have worked and paid into the system their entire lives. My neighbors and I feel forgotten. And I’m outraged that, at the end of my life, it has to be this way.
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