The Middle Class Cries Out for Relief
Posted 7/23/2008 @ 5:42:58 pm by mywetplanet.com
They are everywhere! Families with 2 or more wage earners struggling to make ends meet in a deepening financial crisis that has taken dead aim upon America's middle economic class. Chipping away every possible luxury or unnecessary expense within their control, people are trying desperately to make ends meet and finding themselves banging their heads against the wall!
We are talking about basic needs for survival here. Medical insurance, transportation, food, and paying for energy and fuel needs that cannot be done without. We are talking about mothers and fathers that must consider their children's needs before their own, leading to shelter (home), food, and clothing that is mandatory for survival. Keeping a house, paying for insurance, transportation, food .... these are basic necessities for crying out loud!
We could see this coming years ago. Wages that became stagnant and the loss of cost-of-living adjustments meant that people were beginning to loose the battle against higher costs and finding that buying on credit was increasingly burdensome upon family budgets. There had to be a day of reckoning looming in the foreseeable future and that day has come!
It's important that we don't loose our cool and begin to make illogical judgements that result in drastic long term consequences. Budgeting and determining priorities are steps to take that can be rewarding and good examples for parents to set for their children. For tensions and stress levels to get out of hand are pathways to interpersonal problems and distancing family members from one another.
We have the capacity to think and become realistic about the responsibilities facing us. Lets not forget those who are most loved so that they always continue to be our first priorities in life!
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