2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why I cannot support Hillary Clinton [View all]IVoteDFL
(417 posts)I love it, thank you!!
Sadly, too many people are in the same boat. It is one of the saddest things happening in our country today. There is at least one older woman that I work with who walks to work in the sun and heat, and I assume in the winter she'll be doing the same thing in the cold and snow. I bike to work and don't even want to think about winter.
Life's little expenses can pop up and take the best of us down just when we think we are finally getting somewhere. It's a very frustrating cycle that can be very hard to get out of. Sadly, I just don't see things changing for the better until the nation gets very realistic (to borrow that word that keeps popping up) about income inequality.
Somethings that have saved me in the past are doing side projects for a little bit of money. Amazon Turk is fairly decent once you get going. I've made about $100 in a few weeks just doing menial tasks. Freelancer.com pays better, but it's a lot more competitive and generally requires more skills. Gigs on Craigslist can be helpful sometimes if all of the gigs aren't some perv trying to pay for sex without necessarily saying so. None of it is fun, but if you're desperate it might help you out a little if you can't get to work.
I very much hope for Bernie's political revolution to take hold so that many folks around the country don't have to live paycheck to paycheck without having any kind of savings for the emergencies like a broken down car.