WHITE PEOPLE SINGING THE BLUES
It looks like we painted ourselves into a corner and now we are out of paint! I am 57 years old and in January I got laid off because the corporation, Comcast, I subcontracted from stopped farming out their construction and maintenance work and began using inhouse techs and laborers to run their business. Now the only work I can find is in-home care for my 80 year old mom at her house. My pay is room and board. I never made over $25000 in all the 39 years I worked. I reckon when my mom kicks the bucket, I’ll be over 65 and social security will be a thing of the past. How can we survive on one person’s SSI? I got my mother to do a reverse mortgage. Now when she dies, I’m S.O.L and will lose my job, my home, and any chance of saving up for retirement. Now this life of mine got even more complicated as my younger sister lost her job and had to move in with us last year. The icing on the cake?… My son, his wife and my 18 month old grandson had to move in too. At least we have four generations living under one roof, thankGod for that! So my daughter’s boyfriend is now running his pc repair business out of…you guessed it-my mom’s house! Oh I almost forgot the bad news is my daughter totaled her car yesterday and she just started a new job so I gotta drive her to work, pick up her BF and bring him home to work. My son can’t get a job-convicted felon- noone will hire him and the gov’t refuses to give him any assistance although he’s been thru rehab and has been clean for 3 years so his wife gets assistance for the kid only and that is why they can’t afford their own place. “America, the home of the wanna be free and the land of the rich