My Turn: Catching Bernie – It’s no mystery why the ‘grayhairs’ are so fond of the man from Vermont

[leftcoastmountains]

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Bernie Sanders is our guy. We’ve been watching him throughout his career in both the U.S. House and Senate, and have been impressed by the bills he has introduced, as well as the votes he has cast. So, as longtime Bernie fans, we were of course delighted to hear he was going to make a run for the presidency.

At the end of June, when the Sanders campaign said he was going to be at the Governor’s Inn in Rochester, we signed on for the event.

June 28 was a miserable day: foggy, intermittent downpours. But the weather didn’t discourage the fans; even before Bernie blew in, all the seats in the banquet hall were taken, people were standing around the perimeter, and outside, the overflow crowd was under a tent, protected from the rain.

The atmosphere in the hall was electric and the crowd diverse, hailing from area towns big and small. Families with young kids, old people talking to young – a gathering of people from all walks of life.


http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/20431715-95/my-turn-catching-bernie-its-no-mystery-why-the-grayhairs-are-so-fond

[Warpy]

1. He's the only glimmer of hope we've seen for over 40 years

Those "greyhairs" are people who are facing or living retirement on piss poor savings because their wages were cut down to nothing while inflation continued unabated. Now they're trying to live on Social Security, hoping that small nest egg and reverse mortgage will get them through the first spouse's illness without bankrupting the survivor.

And those are the fortunate ones. Others are renters with no savings. Social Security is it for them unless they're still well enough to work part time retail jobs--and can find them.

[daleanime]

2. +1

[monmouth4]

3. Wonderful read...n/t