nosinin @ 119 obviously did not plan well for retirement. I pity this person. I am retired and doing great – NOT waiting for a handout from Uncle Sam ! ! I got out of the stock market BEFORE the slide started. nosinin needs to look in the mirror. THAT is the person responsible for nosinin’s retirement problems, not shrubnose or anyone else. Whining about problems YOU created is not an answer. Try getting off your butt and , you know, actually doing something (anything) to help yourself. People have survived worse times. Look at how Europe and Japan recovered after WWII. They sure didn’t do it by whining! The USA will be OK, with or without nosinin’s help . Have a wonderful life.