You're Going To Be Struggling And This Curmudgeon Will Be Laughing In Our Faces!

The definition of out of touch.

When you hear the far right obsess over transgender Americans, Hasan Piker, Muslims, "ghetto Black bitches", the left, DEI and woke, tell yourselves: It wasn't really about the economics turmoils!

President Donald J. Trump has promised to give Americans a $5,000 check. The catch.

Keep Republicans in power.

Last week at the Republican Midterm Convention, the curmudgeon already spent trillions on his ballroom, this so called arch, the Jan. 6 "slush fund" and the war in Iran (our small potatoes).

Two years into this chaotic term, we seen the spike in gas, diesel, food, housing, shipping, insurance, energy and water usage.

Walmart, the country's largest retailer warns that consumer spending is on the decline.

Dollar Tree, the country's largest discounter is about to raise prices to name brand products that will sail past $10. Off brand products that are $1.25 will soar to $2 or more.

Canada is now tempted to become an associated member of the European Union.

Mexico is considering joining BRICS. 

Israel has continued attacking Gaza, Syria, Lebanon and allowing those terrorists continue to kill Palestinians in the West Bank. They are pushing for war in Türkiye.

So what is going on with the rest of us?

Well the "working class" is working more and not receiving the dues of this hard labor.

Social Security faces insolvency in 2032, at which point beneficiaries will see a 22% cut in benefits unless Congress acts first to shore up the system. Among Americans ages 65 and older, 40% rely on Social Security for half or more of their income, while about 14% of recipients 65 and older depend on it for 90% or more of their income, according to AARP.

Lawrence Samuel expects Social Security, which provides retirement benefits to more than 68 million older adults, to eventually fade away.

All your earned money put aside to your retirement will be wiped.

“I think ultimately it will go away; politicians just don’t want to go there. It’s from the 1930s, from the Depression, and it was catered to the ‘Greatest Generation’ and it was seen as old-age insurance,” Samuel said. “Eventually, we’ll move away from that. It could be decades, it could be generations. I don’t think it fits in this model of this new thing we’re creating of the gig economy and older workers back in the workplace.”

When Social Security was created in the 1930s, life expectancy at birth was lower than the retirement age of 65 — roughly 60 years for men and 64 years for women. That life expectancy, however, was heavily skewed by high infant mortality, according to the Social Security Administration. 

Now, overall life expectancy in the U.S. is at an average age of 79, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means people have greater potential for living longer in retirement, running out of money and struggling with purpose in life.

“There’s ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’; haves, who have savings or their nest egg or pensions or 401(k), are able to pursue structure and engagement and meaning and purpose. For a big part of the population, it’s about survival — it’s about putting food on the table and paying the rent. There need to be resources to connect [age-]55-plus employers to the workers who can fill these slots,” Samuel said.

He expects older workers to stay in the workforce longer as Americans live longer. About 19% of Americans age 65 and older participated in the labor force in 2025, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“Retirement — it’s not the right word anymore. Purpose is the right word. Human beings need a reason to wake up and get out of bed every morning,” Samuel said. “We’re worker bees. We’re trained in the Protestant work ethic from day one. We’re coming around back to the late 19th century, to where it started before this thing came to be — which is a real positive.” 

So what’s next for retirement? It’s over, Samuel said.

“Don’t quit. Keep your job — keep it despite having an annoying boss or colleagues. Keep the health insurance coming as long as you can,” Samuel said. “Keep your job and try to pursue your passions.”

This is what the Golden Age looks like. Watching boomers like Trump take all the wealth while those between 16 and 55 are literally dying working. 

Working hard will no longer provide the luxury of a home, a nice care or a vacation.

It provides more stress and a ticket to the funeral home.