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I’m missing the sense of adventure I had when I was younger, working on a cruise ship and then for a major airline as a flight attendant. Between my brain damaged husband, two cats and my physical limitations, it’s harder to be spontaneous or travel easily.
"What is missing in your life and what can you do about it? "
Pretty sure this is intended for people to write about what they wish they had and how could they get it.
I thought about this and a different thing occurred to me.
What is missing from my life? Fear. Worry. Sadness, and much more. Being cheated on. Being used.
There is no way I would care to have any of that back.
NYgal brought up an interesting perspective. Other than getting old and my wife passing 4 years ago, I am much better off then when I was younger. One hell of a lot less stress especially concerning money, employment, etc.
Fortunately I got to do many things in life and my bucket list was drained with the exception of becoming The Benevolent Dictator of the United States........LOL
NYgal brought up an interesting perspective. Other than getting old and my wife passing 4 years ago, I am much better off then when I was younger. One hell of a lot less stress especially concerning money, employment, etc.
Fortunately I got to do many things in life and my bucket list was drained with the exception of becoming The Benevolent Dictator of the United States........LOL
I am also lucky that i got to do so many interesting things when i was younger. Went to all sorts of places.
Sometimes i feel weird just wanting to relax and stay at home when i see older folks wanting to go, see, and do things.
But then i realize, they didn't get to do this when they were younger.
According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services:
TOTAL healthcare consumption in the USA was about $3.5 trillion in 2017.
There were about 326 million people in the USA in 2017.
Do the math.
Divide $3.5 trillion by 326 million people. We consumed over $10,700 in health care products and services for every man, woman and child in the country in 2017. (Other sources place the estimate at above $11,000 per person).
That hypothetical retired couple you reference are not paying their share.
Their share of consumption in 2017 was (2 people x $10,739 per person)/(12 months per year) = $1790 per month.
When that retired couple pays only $500 +/- per month, they are not carrying their own weight. Someone else is picking up the extra tab to the tune of about $1790 - $500 = $1290 per month.
Who is it who is picking up the tab? Look around. It is the rest of us -- those of us who pay MORE than $1790 per month for a couple.
All of the calls for "Single Payer" in reality are calls for "Someone Else Pay For Me."
Not really. US residents wonder why other nations pay so much smaller a percentage of their GDP for medical services.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...ure_per_capita is there a good reason the US should spend twice as much as neighboring Canada?
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