My story can be found on page 137 of 'How to Destroy the Middle Class' playbook ....

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I am just under 30 and consider myself more than lucky to be educated and employed at a good position. I believe that hard work and intelligence attributed to my success up to this point, but I also believe that luck, being a white male, government assistance and having the mobility that only someone who has little family can afford greatly attributed as well. It was not easy to get here, and I hold a higher opinion of myself than I should. I can only imagine how it is for the disenfranchised, the forgotten, and those of any minority* can do. (*women being included, because for whothe@#$@#knows reason far too many treat them like a minority)

Both of my parents struggled their whole lives and neither of them earned enough money to own cars that were newer than 10 years old let alone dream of home ownership or a retirement. They were both capable people who never got a chance.

Your story is a sad one, and I'm glad that the ACA is available for you. At least our government has gotten that one right, even if it isn't a single payer system and such.