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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters could be asked during the November election whether homeowners age 60 and older should be exempt from paying property taxes on their primary residences. This is the proposal of a ballot measure, just cleared by California’s Secretary of State to gather signatures in support. Supporters say such a move would …
Across federal, state, and local governments, the US is spending twice as much taxpayer money on seniors as it is on kids. https://t.co/LOap5tx5Zr pic.twitter.com/RMJem1fjcp — Connor O’Brien (@cojobrien) January 23, 2026
by Michael So many seniors that were once so full of life are now just shadows of their former selves. It can be really easy to assume that they are “just getting old” and that nothing unusual is happening to them. But the truth is that in so many cases the reason why America’s seniors …
Soybean farmer reacts to Trump’s bailouts: “We don’t want a bailout. Bailouts don’t work. Bailouts are band-aids. That’s money that should be going towards senior citizens. That’s money that should be going toward the Affordable Care Act. Soybean farmer reacts to Trump’s bailouts: “We don't want a bailout. Bailouts don't work. Bailouts are band-aids. That's …
America’s housing crisis doesn’t hide. It sits in grocery store lots, behind gas stations, along the edges of school zones. More than 500,000 Americans now live full-time in RVs. That number doubled since 2021. These aren’t retirees chasing sunsets. These are working families, single parents, seniors who couldn’t keep up with rent, couldn’t qualify for …
The IRS has issued a notice reminding retirees aged 73 and older to take required withdrawals from retirement accounts before a Dec. 31 deadline or face the prospect of hefty penalties. The agency said in a Dec. 10 notice that required minimum distributions (RMDs) must be taken annually from traditional IRAs, 401(k)s, and other retirement …
Millions of American seniors are having a hard time affording their prescription medications, a new National Health Statistics report suggests. The study, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that approximately 4% of those aged 65 and older can’t afford their prescription at all, and more than 3% of them skipped doses, …
JUNE 23–In an audacious and heartbreaking scheme, a pair of elderly Floridians were swindled out of $400,000 in gold bars by a phone fraudster who claimed that the victims were facing arrest due to illegal activity in their respective Amazon accounts, according to court records. Last month, a 78-year-old Jensen Beach resident called police to …
In response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced rate cuts, Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks president, commented: “Yesterday, the Biden administration continued their attacks on the private sector option for seniors on Medicare, Medicare Advantage. This is the second cut in two years. This latest round of cuts will cost seniors an extra $33 per …
The average age of conscription now is 43 in Ukraine which means many are much older than that. They all have that look of knowing they are going to their death in a pointless war for Western interests. This war is pointless and is a genocide against the Ukraine people. Who are they going to …
via naturalnews: In a bid to address its self-inflicted migrant crisis, New York City (NYC) is willing to starve senior citizens just to feed illegal aliens. Selwyn Duke of the New American magazine expounded on this issue in an Oct. 4 piece. He cited a June 2023 article on Bloomberg, which estimated the cost of the Big Apple housing …
TORONTO – A bus carrying seniors to a casino collided with a semi-trailer truck at a highway intersection in a rural part of the Canadian province of Manitoba Thursday, killing 15 people and injuring 10 more, police said. Rob Hill, Commanding Officer of the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said the bus was carrying 25 …
