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To: flatsville who wrote (33746)11/4/2000 9:34:36 PM
From: LLCF  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
< Do you actually know who bears the burden of care for aging parents? >

Yep

<Who has to quit the job and derail the career to care for Mom and Dad? Take a guess?>

Who would you THINK? Maybe the federal department of old people? My point is, there is no free lunch. We're all paying for it one way or another... taxes will simply soar to take care of the elderly, making your 'career' correspondingly less lucrative.

<For some people and families it works well...for a while anyway. The trouble is of course when you have someone who is extremely old and frail and suffering from multiple illnesses unless you have the time, space and money to convert your home into a nursing care center you're sunk.>

yes, it's not easy to be sure. Again, my point is, there is no free lunch... pay for the above or pay out in taxes so the government can do it for you... I fail to see how folks seem to think they're going to get something for nothing.

<A whole lot of baby boomers will soon find out whether or not they can really talk the talk and walk the walk when it comes to againg parents. >

Oh, they'll walk the walk alright... unless Gore get's the ministry of 'silly walks' to do it for them.

<People live longer now and medical care had improved. I'm afraid we have an extremly older, debilitated population of elderly than ever before.>

This is a major issue that neither party is dealing with... so again, I fail to see how the dem's are going to be better than anyone else. When the baby boomers start getting sick look out, Gold stocks will be the hottest investment on the planet.

DAK
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