Reply #11: That's nice for those with secure jobs and homes. [View All]

What about the millions whose livelihoods are tenuous or worse, who are a paycheck away from the street - if not already on the street.

What about the people who can't afford even the coffee and granola?



I realize that what you're describing is almost necessary to stay sane, but your quip "Welcome to my world!" reminded me a little bit of Barbara Bush's "beautiful mind" comment.

I'm actually doing better financially than in a long while - starting a new, better-paying job, but I still am nowhere near being able to buy a home, still have a long way to go to pay off my student loans, even though I'm pushing 40, and I honestly wonder if I'll ever be financially comfortable enough to screen out what's going on in the way you describe.

I can screen out the right-wing hate, their idiotic schemes, even the deaths of our soldiers in faraway illegal wars. But it's hard for me to screen out the suffering of working people all around, because I've been there, and I'm still not what I'd call "comfortable". How are people who earn 1/3 of what I do making ends meet with these insane prices, when I can barely get by? My heart genuinely aches to think about it.