• Comment ()  6 Realities of the 'New Normal' for Seniors
February 11, 2013 RSS Feed Print Happy retired couple  When
President Obama gives the State of the Union address Tuesday, it
will doubtless be filled with aspirational calls to improve
lives in the United States and throughout the world. It will
call for action on many fronts. It will positively frame great
opportunities for the country and its citizens.  What it won't
do is change the increasingly clear picture of where the country
and its people are headed. After a tough recession and an
unsatisfying, long recovery that is still far from over, the
nation seems set on a course whose direction has been set. In
many ways, the future we will face will not be surprising. Here
are six realities for seniors:    2. Incomes. Try looking for
economic forecasts that predict a future of rising incomes, a
renewed middle class, or the dawning of a new age of material
prosperity for Americans. You won't find them because, outside
the fringes, they don't exist. For