Re: Nov. 17 news story.
After reading this article, I take intense offense at the term “privileged few.” I was born into a blue-collar working family that, instead of providing me an inheritance, instilled into me the value of hard work. After 50 years of working 45-60 hours per week, I now am proud to be one of the “privileged few.” Problem is there is nothing privileged about it, only a desire to work long hours mixed with the willingness to accept some risk and save for the future. An easy formula that only a free country offers: Hard work + accept some risk + be willing to save for the future = well-deserved retirement. For those who cannot or will not save, maybe a forced-retirement plan is the only choice, but never ever call the efforts of these basic values “privileged.”
Richard Borga, Wheat Ridge
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