I've never really been well off. In fact, it's always been a struggle for me to stay in the middle class, though I pretty much have. I've made a pretty good living over the last ten years, and played it safe enough not to have a crazy mortgage, when I could have gotten one. Nevertheless, I've spent the last six years paying off credit card and financing debt, and I still have a ways to go. As a result, I haven't had much disposable income for a long time, and I will admit it's been a hard struggle pretty much all of the way, and it will be for some time to come.
With all of that, you'd think I'd be a bit more progressive-liberal friendly. 'Somebody help me with my mortgage." "The government should take money from somebody richer than me and give it to people like me." But the thing is, despite the financial struggle, I'm not.
