I trained a client at the gym this morning who has had unique success. He’s one of my retirees who actually needed to gain weight! Yes, there are few out there believe it or not. And he’s gone from about 160 to 175 pounds and is now almost as strong as I am! And he is very good at keeping me updated on the health care bill. He mentioned today that we don’t have to worry about him or his generation. Based on a graph created by the major creator of the upcoming bill it appears as if the government is going to have a parablolic spending program.
Which means if you take a typical line graph the x axis is $ spent. The y axis is age. At the bottom left corner where the x and y head horizontal and vertical away from each other you are at 0. As in $0 being spent and a mother is pregnant. Then as the child ages the line heads up and away at about a 45 degree angle on a gradual line until at approximately 30 years of age the government is spending the maximum amount of money available. Then the curve starts to head precipitously south…until at approximately age 60 there’s, once again, no money being spent!
Now I’m sure he embellished a little – he’s old! But I know there’s a semblance of truth to his observation. Most importantly he and I both agree that we are definitely getting closer and closer to an era of the ‘survival of the fittest’. It’s happening back home in England and will happen here. I have doctor friends back home who are ‘prioritizing’ their treatments…..young productive chaps are put ahead of the ‘wrinklies’ and ‘grey hairs’ who, well, aren’t productive. Sad, but true. And, yet another reason to make sure you look after yourself…
Cynic? Nope….pragmatist….
