07/11/03: Post by Bob
Posted by: BLOWBACK
LYNN, Mass.--General Electric (GE) retiree Peter Dow once dreamed that when he retired he would take trips to Florida or go camping with his grandchildren in New Hampshire. But, as he told the Boston Globe, his pension of $850 a month leaves him struggling to stay afloat. With his co-pay for his GE health plan and prescription drugs for diabetes costing him $160 a month, Dow has to live in a basement room in his childrens house and has recently had to take a job as a crossing guard.When Charles http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfmSectionID=10&ItemID=3690