Reply #43: Agree!

[ipaint]

There is nothing wrong with you. Although I know the pat on the back and things will get better posts are well meaning and heartfelt the truth is for many it just doesn't ever get better. The economic system is not set up to assist working and middle class people in their pursuit for a better life. It's set up to exploit. It used to be unions were strong and workers had rights and a voice but now most jobs available to the working class and increasingly middle class college grads are temp/service/slave jobs with no benefits.

Hope for the best but plan for the worst because at this time in this country the opportunity to start over in your 50's just doesn't exist for the vast majority of us who find ourselves pretty much destitute. On top of that we are invisible so speaking up brings replies of chin up, things will get better or if you happen upon a compassionate conservative you'll be 100% to blame for your circumstances.

Just like immigration isn't an "illegal immigrant problem" but an "illegal employer problem", it isn't a "poverty problem" but a "hoarding of wealth problem".

Heck, I've been waiting and voting for a national health care system since I cast my first vote. At this point I've given up and hope the healthy longevity of my female relatives on my mothers side of the family was passed on to me.