Living on a fixed income, am I missing something?

I see all of these silly commercials with the preppy looking gray haired senior citizens, and they are all talking about living on a “fixed income.”  I find this sooooo annoying.

Don’t most people live on a fixed income?  You go to work, you get the same amount of money in your paycheck every week, isn’t that a fixed income?

Why is it you never see any overweight thirty year olds talking about living on a “fixed” income.  Or better yet, why no upwardly types talking about it?  I can’t figure out if it’s just a buzz word, or if it’s a put down. 

~ Jan, being very testy tonight…