104 year old man still working

Your right, hard working people now have to work more to support people who choose not to work. Of course people who get layed off, have an accident, health issue, or another legitimate excuse should be able to get benefits. People who choose not to get a job beacause of laziness do not deserve benefits. The only problem is the government can't monitor everyone, so many people who abuse the benefits don't get caught.

These programs were created during the depression to help stimulate the US economy and to help its citizens. What we forget is that these programs were supposed to be temporary, until the economy got back on its feet. Of course we'll never be able to get rid of them now and people will continue to depend on the government run services.

Wow 104 years old and still working 5 days a week. That's so awesome to hear especially, when like you said, there are so many lazy people coming up with excuses everyday not to work. I find it ridiculous that they live off aid from the government that comes out of paychecks of hard working people when they are healthy enough to work on their own.

Thats so crasy that he has the energy to do that. I cannot imagine how healthy he must be at 104 to still be working hard life that. It shows how taking care of your body really pays off, because my great grandma was 99 when she died and she had alzheaimers and was barley functioning and she used to walk everyday in her nineties. Thats something to be said still wroking out in your nineties, but this man at 104. That is so beautiful especially knowing he volunteers his time. He does it for enjoyment. Tat really honorable and your completely right about unemployment. i know people wo collect unemployment because they make more money off of it then they did at their jobs. Niw thats amazibng.

I guess I can appreciate the sentiments expressed and the support lent to the rallying behind a war cry…"Our country is lazy, our people are lazy, our system is flawed. Down with them all." Let's try and keep things in perspective. Yes, deadbeats abound. Cheaters of the system exist. Defilers of our ideals are plentiful. But, consider this article from Money Magazine by Jeanne Sahadi, CNNMoney.com senior writer dated June 13, 2007 (http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/12/pf/vacation_days_worldwide/) as a way to possibly mollify the ire of the lynching parties. A key line from it states "Besides getting less vacation than workers in many other countries, Americans often don't use all the time that they do get, and what vacation they take is spent in small slices and often in contact with the office, according to findings from other studies."

I've noticed that even amongst young college students, self-fulfillment and hard work seem to be the only things separating the happy and the depressed. I know that if I go for even two days without doing some schoolwork and working out, I'll start to feel disgusted with myself. It's no surprise that someone as old as Mr. D is able to work. I'm opposed to the idea of forced retirements, and I believe that by allowing the elderly to continue working and teaching to their hearts content, our society has the most to learn. The elderly have been taking these roles in Eastern societies for millennia, and often they go on doing even physical labor well into their 80s and 90s. This of course, only works if its all voluntary, and if the individual receives encouragement and love from his or her community.