Etiquette



DP Etiquette

First rule: Don't be a jackass. Most people are good.

Other rules: Do not attack or insult people you disagree with. Engage with facts, logic and beliefs. Out of respect for others, please provide some sources for the facts and truths you rely on if you are asked for that. If emotion is getting out of hand, get it back in hand. To limit dehumanizing people, don't call people or whole groups of people disrespectful names, e.g., stupid, dumb or liar. Insulting people is counterproductive to rational discussion. Insult makes people angry and defensive. All points of view are welcome, right, center, left and elsewhere. Just disagree, but don't be belligerent or reject inconvenient facts, truths or defensible reasoning.

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

An interesting commentary about retirement

Comments by a retired woman are quoted in a NYT opinion (not paywalled). The retired woman says it all for millions of average Americans.
“I’m 65 years old. I’m legally blind. I’m on disability. I went to my doc, and I lost 28 pounds in the last year. I did not need to lose 28 pounds. I did not try to lose 28 pounds. I lost the 28 pounds because I cannot afford to eat anymore.”
She can afford no more than $65/month for food.

Millions of Americans her age and younger are facing the similar dismal retirements and retirement prospects. Too many younger people can afford to save much or anything for their retirement. Millions of retired people are in bad situations. 

Elite MAGA's response: Get a job, pull yourself up by your bootstraps, and stop whining.

Another MAGA policy goal is to offload risk onto individuals and let them sink or swim on their own.  MAGA elites have no empathy. But they're in power and calling the shots. If they get their way, they will stay in power and keep calling the shots, whether its legal or lethal or not.
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