[CaptainMattJ.]

The entire system is one big mess and hardly good for the middle man.

Unfortunately, putting yourself in tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt JUST to start your usually average career at a comparably mediocre wage isn't even likely to work anymore for some people. College graduates are finding out more and more that the degree they slaved over for 4+ years and spent absurd amounts of money on is quickly becoming less and less a ticket to their success.

And then to raise a family on some of these incomes? My dad worked (and is still working) 36 years in electronics. Hes built, sodered, tested, inspected, filed, repaired, and ordered just about every electronic part there is. He makes 60k. Not bad, for maybe 1 or 2 people. Our family of four on the other hand, usually had about 10 dollars in the bank at any one paycheck. the cost of living is astronomical. It didnt help that the 700 dollar health insurance plan we paid into still stuck us with a 6 thousand dollar deductible after my sister went into the hospital. So much for those amazing, helpful insurance companies huh? Pay ridiculous rates for piss poor coverage. This is normal now with MANY families. Insurance costs, utilities, rent, gas, food, realty, everything has gone so far up in price, yet the wages of the workers have not. My family's entire life had been living paycheck to paycheck. My parents still do. If any big expense came up its credit card or wed be bankrupt.

Its not poverty but one slip and it could be. If my sister had gone into the hospital again we couldnt possibly afford to pay the astronomical and ridiculous deductible. Health care is unaffordable. Housing is becoming unaffordable. Schooling is unaffordable (and overcrowded, and unfair and biased). Everything is becoming more expensive. Yet wages aren't increasing. Many families live like this now, literally paycheck to paycheck, one slip or one missed check and you're out on the street. The entire system is just one big mess.