Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^Sad, isn't it? I've always been an upbeat, positive person that it bothers me to think I'm becoming so cynical as I get older. But no one in "power" or heading there is doing anything to reverse the feeling. :-( I'm still hopeful for a comfortable retirement somewhere down the road AND for the world (and the U.S.) to improve, somehow, for the benefit of children.