Everyone In America Is Even More Broke Than You Think

[Atman]

97. No shit.

I used to make over $120,000 a year as a freelance designer with Fortune Fifty clients. I socked plenty of it away for a rainy day. Then Bush happened, and I lost half of it. Then I spent a shitload of it to get my kid a bachelors degree. Then web sites popped up offering to sell you a logo design for $5. I used to be able to command $75-100 an hour for professional design services. Now you can get some dude in India to cobble together some clip art for the cost of a can of tuna. Meanwhile, I've pissed through most of my savings just to fill the oil tank and pay the rent. Fortunately, my wife is a professional and makes a good salary and provides our worthless health insurance which we can't afford to use because I need brain cancer or have half my torso cut off in order to meet the deductible.

Now our kid is doing GREAT, even has a tv show in development. Sad, but I think he's going to be our "retirement" fund...not that I ever see myself being able to retire.