Rose's Cantina

They couldn't go through with it. Just couldn't make those big, bad scary cuts. Had to postpone everything for at least a decade. Not that I'm complaining. I really dodged the big bullet. I'm 55 so I missed the cut off on the Old Age Security by, like, a year. Bwah hah hah. Can't touch me now, Steve-o. I'll be a government revenue sucking leech until the day I die. I'm so poor now, I hardly pay any income tax. I'll still be poor at age 65, so come to me, mama, you great big fat pension cheque. What is it, like, $600? And I'll get more because I'm poor, poor. I'll qualify for the Guaranteed Income Supplement, for sure, too. So that's something. Sure, I may still have to live out in the woods somewhere drinking cheap hooch and living off my Air Miles from the liquor store. Go off the grid. Get a post office box. Count my pennies.

According to CTV News, the government will raise the age limit for the Old Age Security to 67 in a decade. That means that I will be privileged to be the first "cohort" to experience the thrill of waiting an extra two years to get on the old doll dole. I've also heard that the government is contemplating introducing assisted suicide for seniors. Sign me up!

Stephen Harper is considering raising the age Canadians can receive the Old Age Security benefit from 65 to 67. I have questions: Shouldn't he have mentioned this little detail in the Conservative platform during the election? Do you think this will play well with the traditional Conservative constituency that skews a tad old on the demographic scale? Has the Prime Minister developed a case of dementia? Has he paid his bodyguards? This is how our fearless leader thanks the millions of boomers who have worked hard and paid high taxes over the past forty years. This is how he repays Canadians who do not have pension plans. Canadians working in low income, back-breaking jobs that barely pay a living wage. Canadians who look forward to enjoying their senior years. Not to mention the many women who have stayed home to raise their children, or who worked part-time so they can care for aging relatives. Harper doesn't care about these Canadians. Heartless Harper on...