Carbon County holds “Senior Games” every year in which old people in the county compete for prizes in all kinds of games, not including tackle football or hockey. Since I have never been much of an athlete, I have no desire to start a sports career at age 77.
This county is crawling with seniors. You can hear us in grocery store lines and Burger King discussing our latest medical problems and complaining about kids today.
We should be complaining about our own selves. According to Timothy Egan in a recent column, about 9% of the federal budget is spent on children. We allocate about four times as much on retirement and health benefits for older adults. In more than half of the states, child care costs more than tuition at the public university.
While I am on the subject, couldn’t they drive just a little faster?
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