WRECK-LESS DRIVING ©
by Gunther Doerfert, Auto Safety Columnist
ABOUT THOSE OLD PEOPLE
SUN CITY, AZ.: Bobby R., age 38, asks, "Just how many of you old people are there?". A lot, Bobby, and a lot more on the way. Most of them do not think of themselves as old and some are in better physical shape than many of your peers. And they do not just sit in the rocking chair all-day-long. Many give a lot of their daily hours to volunteer work which otherwise would cost society a big bundle to get done.
For example, AARP has tens of thousands of volunteers. They provide free services to millions of others. In addition, many of them volunteer also at Senior Centers, Meals on Wheels, the American Red Cross and church or temple, to name just a few such unselfish activities. So they help hold down your costs and taxes. It is bad thinking to treat the retired as unproductive and thus worth less to our country than those still working.
They ask no reward. Perhaps volunteers of all ages should receive an income tax credit based upon their annual hours of service to others!
It is expected that the over age 65 population will increase from one in eight to one in five in the next 50 or so years. By the year 2020, our older persons population will be 53.3 million. Today it is 33 million. That is a 60+% increase.
Brace yourself, the Boomers Are Coming! Over the next 17 years about 75 million more persons, including Bobby R, will turn age 50. At what age will they become truly useless old people?
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by Gunther Doerfert, Auto Safety Columnist
ABOUT THOSE OLD PEOPLE
SUN CITY, AZ.: Bobby R., age 38, asks, "Just how many of you old people are there?". A lot, Bobby, and a lot more on the way. Most of them do not think of themselves as old and some are in better physical shape than many of your peers. And they do not just sit in the rocking chair all-day-long. Many give a lot of their daily hours to volunteer work which otherwise would cost society a big bundle to get done.
For example, AARP has tens of thousands of volunteers. They provide free services to millions of others. In addition, many of them volunteer also at Senior Centers, Meals on Wheels, the American Red Cross and church or temple, to name just a few such unselfish activities. So they help hold down your costs and taxes. It is bad thinking to treat the retired as unproductive and thus worth less to our country than those still working.
They ask no reward. Perhaps volunteers of all ages should receive an income tax credit based upon their annual hours of service to others!
It is expected that the over age 65 population will increase from one in eight to one in five in the next 50 or so years. By the year 2020, our older persons population will be 53.3 million. Today it is 33 million. That is a 60+% increase.
Brace yourself, the Boomers Are Coming! Over the next 17 years about 75 million more persons, including Bobby R, will turn age 50. At what age will they become truly useless old people?
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posted by WRECK-LESS at Sunday, January 15, 2006
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