Is this how America sees its Senior Citizens?

I read an article on TruthOut (by William Rivers Pitt) that had to do with a newspaper article dealing with how America views its Senior Citizens. (this is the link http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/10933-beneath-the-bottom-of-the-barrel ) and I am wondering if this is how we are viewed? ( yes, I am a Senior Citizen ). Most of us have very little, & if we only have Social Security & Medicare – it is not an “Entitlement”. Personally, I worked for 51 years before I retired & I paid taxes on every pay check that I earned. I was not a high salaried employee (I had only two years of college) so I never made much money. I did not work for very big companies, so I did not have an IRA until approximately 5 or 6 years before I retired. Then, when the financial bubble burst, it took most of the money that I had saved & wiped it out. Now I am very worried that if Romney & Ryan get elected in November, I will lose what little that I have. Tell me, is this how my fellow Flutherites actually see America’s Senior Citizens??