Scared in America at 25 years of age

HuffPo comment by Mysundown25 - "I am in my mid-twenti­es, i attended a public university­, had a gpa of 3.5, was on a division 1 track team and also held part time jobs throughout college. i am fortunate to have a "full time" job, but the taxes and the cost of "medical benefits" (which i need because i am diabetic) cuts my check down to an embarrassi­ng amount. i budget myself extremely carefully, pay my loans and bills on time. i don't want a hand out, i just want to be paid at a rate that i can live without worrying what i will do if something bad happens since i live paycheck to paycheck with no savings account."

Reply from Truenginhearing - "You're right - it's not good out there. The paramount concern must be to return as much 'security' to the entire social propositio­n as possible, because the current, increasing loss of this, and the erosion of trust in America's important institutio­ns, destroys the confidence needed for a consumer, market-dri­ven economy to even exist - people don't spend when they're scared...

It's an emergency! As a progressiv­e I firmly believe that these things have to be addressed in order for younger folks like yourself to feel confident in your potential for a good life - with hope and opportunit­y, and a real chance for success in achieving your goals. Best of luck! "