Fixed Income?

You know what really annoys me? When people use "fixed income" as an excuse for economic meddling by the government. Usually when people say "fixed income" they mean senior citizens and those on welfare, but aren't most people on a fixed income? I'm on a fixed income. I get paid the same amount every pay period, it doesn't change. I think that's the same for most people, aside from commission salesmen and maybe hourly workers. So I don't know why the elderly think they're so special, almost everyone's on a fixed income!