[Ygrec23]

Well, this is bad. The recession wiped out my mediation practice. I'm 64 and will be 65 on July 3. My wife and I used up our savings and everything else. We don't even have the money to go bankrupt! Our house is "under water," as they say. We barely have enough for food and gas. We've applied for that government program to reduce our mortgage, but have been waiting for six months to find out if that's going to work without any word. I started getting social security last November, and on July 1 I qualify for Medicare. If I make more than $20K other than social security, they'll take away the social security! So despite the fact that I have three graduate degrees and have always worked as a professional, I really should take a job as a supermarket bagboy! Not that I have anything against older bagboys! I'm a very liberal person who believes in the nobility of all work, but I would (it's true) be ashamed if one of my fellow professionals found me carting his groceries to his car. I don't know what to do, except bad things they don't want you to talk about here. My wife can't work and gets minimal social security. If you put it all together we lose the house and eat dog food (cat food is too expensive). Where is Franklin Roosevelt now that we need him?