u.s. census bureau

So many Americans are living past 85 that it may push the designation of ‘oldest of the old’ from 85-plus to 90 and older in just a few years, according to a Census Bureau report released Thursday. “Can 90 be the new 85?" asked Dr. Richard Suzman of the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.

Maybe it's the shaky economy, and the financial uncertainty and insecurity it's causing all over the country. Whatever their reasons, it's a fact that millions of people are paying off all their bills, including their mortgages, and discovering the pure unadulterated liberated joy of living "debt-free".  A lot of them live in Angelina County.