In response to the letter, “Senior citizens should stop complaining,” (Dec. 25), I am one of those whining seniors that the The Day paper writes about. I am in my 70’s and still working a full-time job. Not at all what I expected in my retirement years.

Let me do the math for you. I do not have a pension. My social security is about $2,000 a month. Out of that we pay Medicare about $180 a month. That leaves me about $1,840 a month. That is about $21,840. I have $1,000 in car insurance a year, insurance on my home (minimal) $600, utilities, which in 2020 averaged around $1,100 a month but has gone up to $2,000 a month, gas and groceries are now around $800 a month. I shop for sales! Taxes are $6,000 a year and I have condo fees around $300 a month. Do the math Tom! That certainly is not enough to live on.

I do not have kids in school, so my taxes go to fire, police and garbage. (Happy to pay them). Most states give seniors some type of a break as in a “homestead” exemption off my assessment, or not paying for schools. I ask you Tom and the rest of the politicians, “what’s in it for me?” Utilities are high, food is high, and taxes are much too high! What does Connecticut do for me? Yes, I am a complainer. I see Connecticut handing out money left and right, but Connecticut has forgotten its seniors.

Suzanne Simpson

New London