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We seniors do not DESERVE anything from society or government. This is especially true when giving extra benefits to seniors takes away from younger generations or shifts more tax burden to them.
We do deserve to receive what we contributed toward and were promised by law – Social Security, Medicare, but that also applies to every American.
The vocal movement on social media to eliminate property taxes for citizens age 65 + is especially disturbing to me – along with tax-free Social Security. The vast majority of comments support the idea.
Without eliminating vital local services along with taxes, how do these greedy oldies propose paying for schools and more?
We had a lifetime to prepare for our non-working years. Our relative financial position over age 65 reflects our economic status during our working years regardless of where that falls.
IMO it’s just not fair to take more from the following generation.
I think the only thing we deserve is some respect and the fact that most of the time we know what we are talking about and should not be dismissed.
And that should also apply to our duly elected leaders. At least a measure of Respect and civility for all.
Generally, Elderly individuals tend to have less disposable income than younger adults. While they may have higher incomes from retirement and pensions their overall expenses are also often higher, especially for medical care . I can attest to that.
.In the US 70% of disposable income is held by people 60 and over and it’s much the same in China, Japan, and Europe. in 2022. All older households received less than $50,290 in yearly income from all sources. .These statistics are median income figures— median is a halfway point where half of a group has more income and half has lessincome-of-todays-older-adults
The federal poverty guidelines are used to determine eligibility for various. Government assistance programs. For a family of four, the. Poverty threshold is higher at 32,150 in 2025.A person or couple 65 or older, the poverty threshold for a family of four is $29,960. For an individual, the poverty threshold is 15,650.
We should spend more money on the next generation and less money on the last one. But beating. Up on the elderly is an unjustifiable and fruitless diversion. We should enlarge our human investments. In food, housing, education and health care for the young. We need not beggar the elderly. To do so. .
Enlarging human investments means paying for them.
But any form of assistance such as with property taxes should be needs based not under the general assumptions about people over 65. IMO
PS It’s the elderly making these demands frequently using “deserve and entitled and I paid my share” not true, the share never ends,