Sat down with my mom this morn to talk about corona preparedness. She was widowed years ago. Lives on a modest fixed income.
I was trying to console her about not watching her retirement fund. “Long term, things come back, mom.” I said.
She started crying...
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I was trying to console her about not watching her retirement fund. “Long term, things come back, mom.” I said.
She started crying...
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Told me it had already wiped out years of future withdrawals.
I tried to brightside it by pointing out that this too shall pass.
She buoyed a little bit but this is weighing on her with an existential dread. A weight I cannot lift.
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I tried to brightside it by pointing out that this too shall pass.
She buoyed a little bit but this is weighing on her with an existential dread. A weight I cannot lift.
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The crisis is the crisis. Public health is paramount. We have vulnerable lives to protect and people to care for.
In parallel though, we also have real people’s real lives being plunged into deep distress and anxiety due to nothing other than Trump’s incompetent mishandling.
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In parallel though, we also have real people’s real lives being plunged into deep distress and anxiety due to nothing other than Trump’s incompetent mishandling.
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My mom crying about her future first made me feel sad and helpless.
Now it is galvanizing into a white-hot, seething rage at the profound damage being done by a criminally incompetent president.
I am enraged at the catastrophic stupidity. Enraged. Seething.
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Now it is galvanizing into a white-hot, seething rage at the profound damage being done by a criminally incompetent president.
I am enraged at the catastrophic stupidity. Enraged. Seething.
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