This Thanksgiving I was so grateful that this election cycle was over. No longer will I be assailed by diatribes from Social Security pensioners about the evils of socialism. OK, to be fair and honest, I only hear about 10 seconds of their “reasoning” before my ears involuntarily shut down to keep my head from exploding.
For many years I had the honor and privilege of working at the Pentagon with some fine military officers and enlisted men and women. However, this election cycle was almost as difficult as trying to avoid listening to certain retired career military railing against the evils of socialism as they collected their pensions, double dipped with a federal job they got with veterans preference while getting their free college degrees at taxpayers’ expense, many of them after spending the bulk, if not all, of their 20-year military careers pushing papers at the Pentagon or some other military installation.
I hope all these folks are happy when they get a taste of unbridled capitalism. Please, just don’t tell me about it.
Kathleen Acklin
Highland Park