I have been a professor emeritus since Dec. 1, 1990. This week's mail brought more good news. Our little CREF accounts, which are basically mutual funds, will be decreasing their payouts 26.67 percent starting May 1st. I don't know what the answer is. My family's problems are not unique.
Government has to provide basic services.
This country under the present system cannot control the price of oil. It will take the almost superhuman efforts of everyone to solve these issues.