In reply to Edward E. Westerbrook (“Secret’s out,” Voice, May 2), who said school lunches are threatened but not Social Security because kids don’t vote:
Kids may not vote, but their parents can. Too many, however, cannot be bothered to find time. I am 71, my wife 66, and we have an aunt who is 89. We vote in all elections with very few exceptions. We also support senior citizens’ groups as a means of keeping current on issues that may affect us.
We do not always agree, and many times my wife and I have discovered afterwards that we may have canceled out the other’s vote. That is fine and the way it should be. The main thing is we have decided on our own by weighing the candidate and the issues. If the results of the election did not happen to go our way, so be it. It was the will of the majority of the people who took the time to exercise their right to vote.
As for being a senior citizen, I make no apologies for my peer group. The vast majority of us have worked and earned what benefits we now have. Instead of you younger ones pointing fingers,you should be working now for your own old age. You can start by insisting that all the IOUs the government put in the Social Security Trust Fund be repaid immediately, plus all interest owed to date. And second, insist that our legislators, state and national, watch frivolous and self-serving spending.
