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(2,609 posts)As long as Trump doesnt tank the stock market and housing and eliminate social security. Our son is not financially independent, but you do what you have to for family. Were retired, the mortgage and other debts are paid off, we dont drive much, and we live pretty simply. My husband has metastatic cancer, but we are extremely fortunate to have excellent insurance coverage through my husbands former employer (retirement benefit).
When I was younger, I would have loved to travel, like I did in my twenties, but that wasnt possible. Now that I have the time and can afford it, I dont really want to anymore. One of lifes little ironies.
Ive experienced serious financial hardship in the past, so I know what its like to feel desperate, especially when dealing with physical infirmity. I hope to live long enough to see the evil sociopaths of this fascistic regime pay for their indifference to the health and wellbeing their fellow citizens.