Counting those now 65 and over, we’re looking at maybe 20 more years for women and less for men. A man at age 65 today can expect to live, on average, until age 84.3. A woman at age 65 today can expect to live, on average, until age 86.6. Age 90 is still considered very, very old. A great number of Boomers now 65 will be dead by the time the youngest boomers reach 65. If you have a bucket list, get started right away.
As we retire, we’re already leaving huge gaps in industry, adademia, medicine, law, etc. Boomers make up 24.3 percent of the total U.S. population and that number is falling. In fact, right now, boomers are not the largest age group. We (ages 51-69 at 74.9 million) are already outnumbered by Millennials (75.3 million ages 18-34). The Gen X population (35-50) is projected to outnumber the Boomers by 2028 (again, 14 years). Those age groups aren’t growing; the Baby Boomers are declining.
Society is not going to become this large-headed baby that "the neck" can't support. We're already on our way out the door. Don't start shoving. — SANDRA WHEELER, CLAYTON
Reader: Americans need to step it up
We live in uncertain and in some cases perilous times. We are at war within many nations. We suffer from senseless killings from within our great nation. We are experiencing a struggle just to put food on our tables. What we see on the horizon looks bleak. Could our nation be in a nosedive as indicators present themselves on a daily basis?
Since the 1930s we have as a nation been borrowing money to keep afloat and the cost to the breadwinners has gone up year after year to become unsustainable. We have a lot of worries and discomfort. To put it simply, we just don’t seem to be happy anymore.
If we can pull out of the vast variety of societal dysfunctions that we are in without much difficulty that would be the answer. We need not fight among ourselves; instead, we can work to get along realizing it will take quite some time to rebuild our foundation of peace, prosperity and happiness. What we do today will be the foundation of what we will be doing tomorrow. Freedom is not free! — ANDY KOPP, FRANKLIN
Speak up
Do any of these rioters and protesters in Ferguson and elsewhere understand that "unarmed" doesn't necessarily mean "not dangerous"?
Liberals would prefer that we don't peak behind the curtain to see what their policies morph into. Under the guise of "Women's Health," Planned Parenthood is tearing babies apart and selling what they call "tissue'," but I call organs, heads, legs, arms, etc. Defunding Planned Parenthood is absolutely the right thing to do for two reasons: 1. They have lied about their illegal services, and 2. I don't want my taxes to get recycled back into donations to the Democrat Party.
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