Disaster, that’s what. Disaster because we no longer have the savings to tide us over during catastrophes.
Rising heating bills? Who can pay them? Landlord gone broke and you get evicted? Where are you going to get the money for a deposit? How can you move your stuff when you have no savings?
Living beyond our means? Living in many American cities has become unsustainable. With rents in the worse parts of town at $500 a month and a ‘good apartment’ going for upwards of a grand, who can afford the deposits, the utility bills, and the living expenses and still manage to save a dime?
And you wonder why many of our fellow citizens foam at the mouth at the idea of raving masses of immigrants, legal or otherwise? People are frightened and the other side of fear is anger.
Millions of people are angry, fearful and are turning downright mean. And so it is that we see the upsurge in nativism, an uptick in racist activity, a rise in nationalism.
When our dollars don’t go as far as they once did. When electricity and natural gas prices have gone through the roof. When a tank full of gas is a hundred bucks.—is it any wonder that people are foaming at the mouth and are looking for a scapegoat?
Middle America is angry. The farmers are angry because they believe there is a plot to drive small farmers out of business. Union members are angry and accuse many of their leaders of siding with big business. Small business are angry because they believe the government has been bought out by corporate interests.
Angry people need a target to vent on and immigration has become the target du jour.
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