Misery loves company and I feel like an old foggey but its the first time in my life that I have really felt the pinch like I am today.

I realize how lucky I am in so many ways and compared to a lot of people but I think, if I (a single woman) am feeling it imagine what families must be feeling. Savings? WHAT savings? I cant afford to put 30 dollars a month away for crying out loud. Its always something. Car insurance, medical insurance, rehab for my hip which is ongoing, groceries, gas, prescriptions are ridiculously high and my 25 dollar increase in my SS is going towards medicare.

And the right wing wonders why Im so against this war and the trillions we are spending on killing and torture and murder and all things bad.

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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948), "Non-Violence in Peace and War"