Karen, obviously the rich and powerful have taken everything and sapped your strength to get ahead. Perhaps you should give up too.
I've told jojo25, "be part of an angry mob" is at the top of my bucket list right now. I'm all for standing up and fighting, because I can't think of anything else to do, and I don't have the temperament sit down, shut up and take it. I bitch, therefore I am.
Honestly, John, I don't know what the answer is -- it's either less government or a different government, because the one we have now has had it's little experiment for 200+ years and it doesn't seem to be working out for the majority of us, and we exist IN SPITE of it's existence, not because of it.
I think the problem is bigger than our country; it's a world-wide thing, and I'm just going to keep on, keepin' on, occasionally stand up and screem, sometimes throw stuff, fantasize about anarchy and revolution and pet the dog when I can't think of anything else to make me feel better.
As far as your inspiring stories about rags to riches...you know there are just as many stories about people going from riches to rags, right? All those stories do to me is remind me that there is no rhymn or reason to success, no formula, no benevolent being bestowing blessings on the faithful and curses on the infidel - and people are kinda chumps for not seeing the randomness of it all.
I'll keep trying, because, (as Bluto said in the classic movie,
Animal House) "don't cost nothin" - and I'll try to hope for the best, but I'm also preparing for the worst.