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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Things must be cheaper

in Goodman's world

Without addressing the inane theme of Ellen Goodman's column of Oct. 23, "Donate that $250 check," I would like to know where she lives.

In her words, "We are not getting a cost-of-living increase for one simple reason. The cost of living has decreased."

Not in my world. All my utilities are up 6 percent and more. My property tax (under protest as this was written) is scheduled to increase 37 percent.

Supplemental health care insurance is promised to go up precipitously, but I don't know how much yet.

Food costs are more this year than last. I cannot think of a single expense I bear that is not considerably more than a year ago. Can anyone, besides Ms. Goodman?

I don't care about President Obama's $250; and, yes, I am a senior.

In answer to a question posed in her column, it is not my only social responsibility to remain financially independent of my children. But it is a primary and worthy one.

How does Ellen Goodman rate a column in the Press-Register? I can respect views inimical to my own. Her column, however, is drivel.

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