America - The land of opportunities

America - The land of opportunities - This is what everybody says like that and everybody (at least in India) believes that it is the end of the rainbow.
yes - definitely this is a correct saying - each and every one finds an opportunity here - but for whom is this land the end of rainbow - for the young and not so young middle aged people. If you are ready to work and slog you can earn some money. I find that most of them here in America is kind of middle income group. At the same time, there are also neo rich - people who wear fashion clothes, drive BMW, stay in fancy houses, eat in great restaurants and it is party time for them. But for many others, it is like working all day standing manning the counter, lifting, loading heavy things around, etc.
While on one hand, I am thrilled to see Senior citizens not thinking that their Age is a delimiting factor and continue to work, go out and do all things, but at the same time, I also pained to see that a 70 year old is driving a shuttle in a hotel in Irvine. Even the day before, I was been driven to the airport from Lawrencevile ( a one hour drive) by a woman driver. Only thing was this woman must be definitely a Senior citizen. I imaged in my country, a retired person, ( who may be 58 or 60 according to the company they work for) saying that they have retired and behaving as if they are retired from all activities.
All these people are not working for the sake of spending their time, but for keeping alive. This is this part, which is really really paining me. A land of opportunities but no security. On Sunday, I read a news item about what happened when the the textile factory closed down. People who were working in that company for more than 15-25 years were suddenly without any job. They had no other skills too. Now it is up to them - the 50 year olds needing to take up a course to get trained for another job. What a pity.
But all this leaves me with a big Question - Why is this happening. Anybody can answer me.
Sarada

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