Dear Editor:
I just finished reading Henry Dews letter. I assume he’s 62 years old. I’m some years older than that, and my husband is older than me. I agree that students need an education but at whose expense? I don’t see any of the teachers at SIUC taking a cut in their salaries.
Social Security is NOT getting a cost-of-living increase for the next two years, but our Medicare is increasing? We as retirees pay taxes, insurance premiums (house, car, health and life), groceries, car upkeep, house upkeep, higher gasoline prices and utility bills the same as everyone else, and yet, we don’t get a cost-of-living increase.
If I were a student in these times and read Mr. Dews’ letter to the editor, I would wonder what good my education was when I got to be a senior citizen. There would be people who feel like Mr. Dews toward me! We don’t appreciate the phrase, ‘nailing their futures to the cross.’
Mr.& Mrs. Dink Garris
Makanda residents
