Is Anyone Looking Out for You?

Pre-boomers (those born between 1930 and 1945) seem to be harboring a growing fear even despair about the future, especially when it comes to financial matters.  This saddens me, because it is my belief that we New Seniors are now the moral compass of America.  With our help, the nation should be able to steer [...]

Pre-boomers are Coming Together as the Country Continues to Polarize

Will it take a crisis of cataclysmic proportions to shake us from our lofty ideological perches to unite Americans again?  Long gone is the patriotism of World War II; and, to lesser degrees, the citizens’ willingness to enter the First Gulf War and the initial reaction when the World Trade Centers were taken down by [...]

Public sector jobs used to pay less than private business. What happened?

As a pre-boomer, I remember the days when “public servants,” as those in the public sector were referred to, made much less than those employed by businesses because there was less risk and more benefits for those working for the government.  It was up to the individual to decide what they wanted before starting off [...]

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