ASHAMED to be an American today -- Hungry Seniors

[kpete]

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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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/07/1052428/-ASHAMED-to-be-an-American-today-Hungry-Seniors?via=siderec

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Where do the " Job Creators " Eat and with whom

The Whom are our enemies ,the job creators are scoundrels from birth and can only be made by law ,to do whats right.

[southernyankeebelle]

2. That is heart breaking. Maybe they would rather end up in jail where they will get 3 square meals.

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]

3. great article

good comments...shared on fb

[surfdog]

4. They were hungry?

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]

6. The OP was quoting an article..

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]

7. you know not...

it's a diverse world out there... it is not always cheaper to not go to a restaurant

[izquierdista]

8. Maybe the electricity was cut off at home.

And maybe the restaurant was warm and had hot food and they had already finished all of their cake.

[surfdog]

9. Yes maybe you're right

and maybe strippers strip to put themselves through college

Maybe those seniors had massive medical bills

I guess we'll never know

[aptal]

10. I had the same questions...

[girl gone mad]

12. Such class.

[Quantess]

14. Great way to miss the point.

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]

5. That's why the politicians are against legalizing drugs..

It would take this source of income away from elderly people..


Not sure if I'm serious or not..

[dembotoz]

11. dollar menu mc double and a senior coffee

one dollar and fifty cents for the senior coffee

total is a buck 58 or so

hard to cook cheaper than that

[Vinca]

13. Up north they're hungry and cold.

And Republicans can't stop talking about cutting SS and Medicare and other social safety nets.

[taught_me_patience]

15. Didn't seniors vote heavily for teabaggers in the mid-terms?

Well I guess they get what they voted for then.

[Quantess]

16. Not all of them, by a long shot!

My mom's a senior citizen, and she knows the teabaggers are a bunch of ignoramuses. (She watches Jon Stewart, too)

[taught_me_patience]

17. In 2010, age 60+ went 58-42 Republican

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/07/weekinreview/20101107-detailed-exitpolls.html?ref=weekinreview

In fact, they swung the election with their turnout and voting.