I'm sad because without money, life feels dismal and there doesn't seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel. Like so many families in America, mine is struggling to survive, while slipping into a net of despair.
This picture says it all.
I know, many are much worse off here and elsewhere; however, being the first generation in my family to NOT prosper makes it more difficult to deal with....gulp...poverty. It feels like being in a bad dream we can't wake up from. Where is the magic bullet? Hard work just isn't paying off!
All the economic happy talk makes the despair even worse. We feel like we are stupid because somehow we missed the Economic Good Times Wave we hear about.
In truth, like millions of others, 2008 cut us off at the knees and we haven't been able to stand up since even though we work our collective arses off.
There are unrelenting financial struggles at every turn.
The cumulative effect of the burgeoning Stressors is a deeply penetrating sadness.
We wonder: Is this all we have to look forward to?
And if so: Now what?
So I ask, no BEG the geniuses of this community:
Please write a How to Survive an Impoverished, Authoratative, Dystopia Manual asap.
Thank you very much.
I am too sad to write more. Well, I wrote more but it disappeared when I previewed the diary. Why so many new dkos glitches?
Apparently this sadness isn't just a USA issue.
NEWS: Red Cross report says austerity deepening poverty & despair throughout Europe
66 yrs old here.
Unbridled profits: food, utilities. internet, etc.
huge losses in crash of 2008
almost NO interest on remaining savings
rising property taxes (county will take home I 100% own if taxes not paid)
Abysmal $600 mo take home Social Security ($100 a month deducted for Medicare which I can't afford to use)
And no well-paying jobs available after an exhaustive search.
I look back at my go go years of success and must admit, I was oblivious to the plight of so many who were struggling back then.
Is there a silver lining in the economic misery so many are experiencing? More empathy? Less apathy?
Do those now protected understand that this can happen to them too?