On 4/17/2021 7:46 AM, cshenk wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> On 2021-04-17 1:34 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> I'd say that the exact opposite is true. Advertising to old folks
>>> are mostly for adult diapers, heart medicine, supplemental health
>>> insurance, funeral insurance, yadda, yadda, yadda. My guess is that
>>> majority of seniors don't have a lot of money to burn. You are
>>> correct that they are a huge group.
>>
>>
>> Don't bet too much on that. A lot of seniors are in good financial
>> shape. They have pensions and benefits. Most of them paid off their
>> mortgages long ago. They aren't paying feed, clothe and educated
>> their kids. I was ticked at our federal government for handing out
>> money to all seniors a couple months into the pandemic. They reasoned
>> that some prices had risen. That may be true but we aren't shopping.
>> We aren't going in vacations. We aren't going out for supper. We
>> aren't spending much money at all. MY wife and I are saving
>> thousands of dollars a month.
>
> The way I figure it is my taxes will go up. Probably be giving all of
> it back.
>


Not to mention the hidden tax of inflation.