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Feminism and Diversity

Starry Messenger

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4. They are, it is frightening.

Reply to mitchtv (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 11:15 PM

Mar 2012

I see my mom struggling along, and she *has* a pension and a work-healthcare plan in retirement. She has voiced several times in the last year that if she didn't have it, we'd all be living en famille like a co-op. Heck, it might still come to that.

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Older Women Struggle to Make Ends Meet [View all] Starry Messenger Mar 2012 OP

what a screwed-up country this is. niyad Mar 2012 #1

sad, really sad mitchtv Mar 2012 #2

They are, it is frightening. Starry Messenger Mar 2012 #4

I admire people's patience. roguevalley Mar 2012 #3

I don't think it is patience. I think it is more like helplessness. Not knowing what to do the fix. jwirr Mar 2012 #7

That is why we need single payer and Smilo Mar 2012 #5

I'm here to testify that this is true. I get a lot less than that even considering food stamps and jwirr Mar 2012 #6

(hugs) Starry Messenger Mar 2012 #8

Thanks. jwirr Mar 2012 #9

Rome wasn't built in a day One_Life_To_Give Apr 2012 #10

What do we do in the 50 years in the meantime? Starry Messenger Apr 2012 #11

temporary solutions for temporary problems One_Life_To_Give Apr 2012 #12

I don't see in the article where it suggested that women get NASA pensions? Starry Messenger Apr 2012 #13

Root causes of the problem One_Life_To_Give Apr 2012 #14

This is a Feminist forum. Starry Messenger Apr 2012 #15

So what are you suggesting? Let the old women die until female engineers retire? yardwork Apr 2012 #16

Suggesting the machine isn't broken at the SSA One_Life_To_Give Apr 2012 #17