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SAT JAN 07, 2012 AT 07:41 AM PST
ASHAMED to be an American today -- Hungry Seniors
byone pissed off democratFollow
I went to lunch yesterday, McD's dollar menu, with three friends. It is all we can do anymore, I am retired disabled and 2 of the three have lost their jobs. But we are long time friends, so where does not matter.
Accross from us were 3 tables of senior citizens, all they can do for a lunch out too I guess. But their conversation was clear and (becuase of hearing problems) loud enough for us to hear.
They were dealing drugs, no shit, pain medication. Why?
They were hungry.....
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orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)The Whom are our enemies ,the job creators are scoundrels from birth and can only be made by law ,to do whats right.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Well I wonder how republicans would feel. Before long these people will be eating dog or cat food mixing it with rice. You watch. Wonder how they would feel then. I just don't understand what happened to a selffish republican party. The attitude I got mine and shit on you. Then they have nerve to call themselves christains.
barbtries
(28,689 posts)good comments...shared on fb
surfdog
(624 posts)Well I know they can eat for a lot cheaper than going out to a restaurant
They are poor and hungry yet there they are sitting across from you eating at a restaurant ?
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)And you don't have to eat to sit in a McDonalds most of the time.
Besides, you can get a cheeseburger and water for a dollar and maybe a little change.
handmade34
(22,753 posts)it's a diverse world out there... it is not always cheaper to not go to a restaurant
izquierdista
(11,689 posts)And maybe the restaurant was warm and had hot food and they had already finished all of their cake.
surfdog
(624 posts)and maybe strippers strip to put themselves through college
Maybe those seniors had massive medical bills
I guess we'll never know
aptal
(304 posts)girl gone mad
(20,634 posts)Quantess
(27,630 posts)Oh yeah, as though McDonald's dollar menu is living high on the hog.
Did you miss the part that the seniors were splurging on a $1 jr burger after selling their pain meds?
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)It would take this source of income away from elderly people..
Not sure if I'm serious or not..
dembotoz
(16,708 posts)one dollar and fifty cents for the senior coffee
total is a buck 58 or so
hard to cook cheaper than that
Vinca
(50,150 posts)And Republicans can't stop talking about cutting SS and Medicare and other social safety nets.
taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)Well I guess they get what they voted for then.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)My mom's a senior citizen, and she knows the teabaggers are a bunch of ignoramuses. (She watches Jon Stewart, too)
taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)In fact, they swung the election with their turnout and voting.