Life expectancy. What are our expectations?
well lets see about mine.
I'm an average, white, lower middle class, male, in middle America, so what is my average life expectancy? According to the insurance companies, it's about 77 years.
So how does that stack up against my experiences?
Well, it doesn't! Lets just look at my linage for a minute.
My father died at the the age of 62, an accident but we don't get to choose the circumstances.
My grandfather died at the age of 25. Again not his choice but rather the result of WWII.
His father, my great grandfather died at the age of 58. Congestive heart failure.
I can go on for a while, but the point is, that, no man with my last name, (in my direct linage) has lived past the age of 62 and a half, for quite some time now.
I'm 50 years old, with health issues. So what are my expectations?
Well, 77 seems a little out of reach.
My father lived to 62 - I can make 62 - health wise.
That's another 12 years. Barring accident or injury.
Can I make 65, probably. I may be crippled and blind by then, but I think 65 is doable.
How about 70? That's 20 years from now. Doubtful, but there's an outside chance.
But, again, blind, cripple, and crazy, is a real possability, there's some debate about weither I there now.
That leaves me somewhere between 65 and 70, on an outside bet.
So there's better than a fair chance that I won't see a dime of the Social Security and medicare that I've paid into my whole life.
And that should make the Republicans real happy.
well lets see about mine.
I'm an average, white, lower middle class, male, in middle America, so what is my average life expectancy? According to the insurance companies, it's about 77 years.
So how does that stack up against my experiences?
Well, it doesn't! Lets just look at my linage for a minute.
My father died at the the age of 62, an accident but we don't get to choose the circumstances.
My grandfather died at the age of 25. Again not his choice but rather the result of WWII.
His father, my great grandfather died at the age of 58. Congestive heart failure.
I can go on for a while, but the point is, that, no man with my last name, (in my direct linage) has lived past the age of 62 and a half, for quite some time now.
I'm 50 years old, with health issues. So what are my expectations?
Well, 77 seems a little out of reach.
My father lived to 62 - I can make 62 - health wise.
That's another 12 years. Barring accident or injury.
Can I make 65, probably. I may be crippled and blind by then, but I think 65 is doable.
How about 70? That's 20 years from now. Doubtful, but there's an outside chance.
But, again, blind, cripple, and crazy, is a real possability, there's some debate about weither I there now.
That leaves me somewhere between 65 and 70, on an outside bet.
So there's better than a fair chance that I won't see a dime of the Social Security and medicare that I've paid into my whole life.
And that should make the Republicans real happy.
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