The nursing home wants DH to sign his mother’s assets over to them today even though her insurance hasn’t run out yet.  Yes, now they’ll be able to loot her checking and savings accounts with impunity.  Once they’ve cleaned out every dime, they’ll appropriate the house.  Meanwhile, we still have to pay her bills. 

     The Government doesn’t give a damn.  The fleecing of the elderly and their families happens daily.  Senators and congressional representatives have their own insurance and they don’t pay into Medicare.  When it comes to medical or nursing home care, their families have no worries.  The Government pays for it.

     Unfortunately, we baby boomers are aging and most of our parents are either dead or elderly.  Short of hitting the lottery, I see no help for any of us who are in the middle class.  We will have nothing to pass on.  We will lose our homes, savings, and worst of all we’ll lose our dignity. 

     Our Government is telling us to spend, spend, and spend some more to stimulate the economy.  Well, they certainly do spend and the problem is what they spend it on isn’t it?  Please take care of things at home and if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

     The Marie Antoinette ‘let them eat cake’ attitude is alive and well down there in DC.  How many of them have to worry about the cost of necessary medications and then walk out of the pharmacy without them so they have enough money for food?

     They should walk in our shoes for a while and then let’s see how many tell us to go spend money that we don’t have.