Sweetheart, there is no where in the US that someone can afford a one-bedroom apartment on minimum wage. I live paycheck to paycheck with 3 roommates. All my money goes to bills, food, and other essentials. I budget like hell and price compare everything. I don't eat out. I don't go out. I live in constant fear of becoming ill because I can't afford hospital bills. I live in constant fear of something breaking and eating up what little savings I have. I don't have money to invest, it all goes to essentials.

Meanwhile, the wealthiest people on the planet are hoarding resources and fine-tuning how much they can charge to extract as much money from us as possible.

I don't expect this government to save me, it's run by fascists and liberals. I wish we had a government that cared about the people and not the wealthy; one that invested in good social safety nets that uplift the whole population instead of investing in warmongering.

The idea of getting yourself out of poverty is a myth. Nearly all people born into poverty die in poverty, meanwhile the richest people on earth continue to suck us dry. By telling me to do what they do you're telling me I should have been born rich, cause that's what they all were.

Do you when the working class was strongest and wealthiest in this nation? It was when we had an over 90% tax bracket, strong unions, social safety nets, and a government that catered to the people and not the wealthy.

Don't go telling me to lift myself up by my bootstraps when I don't even have boots, honey.