[Sca-cooks] OT "Senior Citizen Jobs" at 52

[Suey]

     My sister and her husband took early retirement in the 1990's from 
IBM. It was great. They not only received a nice pension but they 
established a private company. Now so many years later my roommte from 
the university thought she had gone for the gold mine of $700 a month 
from Social Security but have nothing in the bank from the companies for 
which she worked all those years. Her husband is in the same boat. They 
are looking for jobs like mad but a resume saying one is 52 does not 
seem to be acceptable. They are water over the dam.
     The more one thinks about it the more serious this gets. Do these 
people have insurance policies? What will medicare cover for them from 
now on?
     In Chile some insurance companies will not accept applicants over 
55. Others discontinue their help when you are over 90.
     For Stefan's case in particular and other dear friends, I think 
this is a very serious matter which needs your input. In general people 
do not pay for culture. How can we sell our culture to make a living?
Suey