By Andy Snyder We read something disgusting last week.
It was an opinion piece detailing the depth of the financial pain caused by the COVID-19 shutdown.
The statistics weren’t anything new.
A prominent economist predicts half of Americans 55 and up will retire at or near the poverty line. That means they’ll live on less than $20,000 of income each year.
That thought should make you sick.
COVID-19 has made the problem worse, of course. The pain is certainly sharper.
But this is not a COVID-19 problem.
As so many like to argue these days, the virus isn’t the main cause of death… It’s merely an aggravating factor.
It brings us …read more