[lawnguy]

My wife is a teacher, and I have a small business...We are practically the working poor these days...We both have to work part time jobs, and neither of us have ever taken a dime of public assistance.

The gas prices are absolutely killing us, and my customers are slow to pay me, and the cycle is spiraling out of control...We are exhausted, and scared to death, always..

[Jim from C-Town]

Teachers must make a significant smaller wage where you live,. They rake in between to $70 -$100 Grand each around these parts and that doesn’t include their retirement and benefits.

[Windflier]

We are exhausted, and scared to death, always..

Welcome to my life, since 2006. My wife and I have almost become numb to deprivations that we would have thought unthinkable, just five years ago.

If I wasn't a born optimist, I couldn't survive it. I'm just looking forward to next year, when we throw Obama's ass to the curb, and start getting this country back on the right track.