I've been reading a ton of stuff about Occupy Wall Street and We Are the 99 Percent. You should too.
As it stands, I have no room to complain. I have a steady job with a salary that, allegedly, puts me in the top 10% of all American wage earners -- although, to be completely fair, my salary is probably in the bottom 25% of people with my educational background who have been working for as long as I have. I have health insurance. After years and years, I finally paid off my student loans in January, and I have no other major debt.
I am finally financially stable enough that I bought a condo, and now, just before my 36th birthday, am thinking about having kids.
But here's the rub: I have a mortgage that, if I were to be out of work for longer than a month or two, I could no longer afford. And with the government on the verge on a shutdown -- again -- this is becoming is a real possibility to me.
The middle class is something of an illusion. Unless you are really rich, you are just a few paychecks away from utter chaos.
But it's bigger than that: how are we supposed to function with our livelihoods, our government, our nation in such disarray?
