Baby Boomers Turn to Robberies as Social Security dries up....

[mixiboi]

I had to come up with a funny title, but here's the story:

82-Year-Old Career Burglar Arrested Again

82-year-old Doris Thompson has had quite the career in crime. The octogenarian burglar has a twenty page rap sheet that dates back to 1955. She has at least 25 aliases. And she's been imprisoned nine times since 1983. With a career like that, you'd think Thompson would be satisfied and ready to retire. But this week, Los Angeles police will submit evidence linking Thompson to eight recent burglaries, most of which took place in different doctors' offices.

Thompson is currently being held on $80,000 bail. Even if she beats the rap, it's a safe bet she'll be a similar situation again soon.

"I don't think this will stop her from doing this again," Paccione said back then. "She's not really apologetic about it. This is her thing."

The sad part is that not once did the prison system get this woman the help she need so she would have stop this years ago....

Thompson has a 21-page rap sheet that includes arrests since 1955 that include disturbing the peace, burglary, forgery and grand theft from Los Angeles to the South Bay and Beverly Hills. In 1957, police arrested her in connection with a homicide, but she was deemed insane and committed to a hospital.

She spent her time in and out of lockups for five decades.

Thompson unabashedly pleaded guilty Feb. 24, 2010, apparently thankful, prosecutors said, to be going back to prison. She had spent most of her life behind bars and was ready to go back for her final years.

"I'm 80 years old," Thompson told the judge. "I don't think I'll ever come back - except I'm going to die and be in the morgue."

That is one way to go with this discussion. Here is another angle:

Two years ago, the hearing impaired, 5-foot-3 woman who had worked as a nanny, cook and clerk told police detectives that she "wouldn't do all this nonsense if the government gave us more money," a prosecutor said

You hear that? She would stop if SS/Welfare was better....

Take your pick....But choose wisely.

[OldMama]

Funny title but she's too old to be a baby boomer. The mother of a baby boomer, maybe.

[PhilaCap]

Baby boomer at 82. Thread fail.

[mixiboi]

Funny title but she's too old to be a baby boomer. The mother of a baby boomer, maybe.

Yeah I thought so...the dates of who is what generation is so hard to keep up with...

But it's still a interesting/sad story.

[Hospitalitygirl]

Yeah I thought so...the dates of who is what generation is so hard to keep up with...

But it's still a interesting/sad story.

The leading edge of Boomers is just hitting 65 or so.

[mixiboi]

The leading edge of Boomers is just hitting 65 or so.

So that is why everyone is scared of what going to happen to social security....

[PhilaCap]

^wow

[Hospitalitygirl]

So that is why everyone is scared of what going to happen to social security....

Yes there are a lot of them, but many will die before ever collecting, or collecting much of it. And there are many who are collecting now and have been and god bless them but they live to 95, 100 and more.

[2happy4u]

So that is why everyone is scared of what going to happen to social security....

No, it's because of ultra high unemployment

[OldMama]

The Baby Boomers (of which I am one) is a giant population bubble who were born from about 1946 through 1964. The issue with aging Boomers is not just about Social Security but also about elder care, dementia care, nursing care as we age. My dad (83) is disabled and it's very, very difficulty even now to find adequate caretakers to help us keep him at home. Nursing home beds (which we're trying to avoid) are nearly impossible to find in acceptable, affordable places. All of this will get worse as the population bubble gets older.