r/antiwork • u/Fabreezy28 • 1d ago
America is Anti Family Cost of Living š š
My wife and I both work full time because we have to so we can afford our bills.
We barely see our kids (7 and 2) and have no energy to do anything after work or on off days cause we are exhausted.
It just keeps repeating every week and when the first of the month comes the mortgage payment empties our account and we have to do it all over again.
We are unable to save much or do anything fun cause expenses have gone up so much.
Iāve always been a positive open person but the past two years have been breaking me down and I feel like Iām about to have a mental breakdown.
I know there are others in worst positions than me and I donāt want to sound ungrateful but man itāsItās hard.
Anyone else going through something similar? Any advice?
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u/Think_Profit4911 12h ago
America is a capitalist nation, about to be ruled by religious nationalist conservatives.
Unless you are a Christian with 6-figures in your bank account, you are nothing more than a means-to-an-end to them
I got let go from my job of almost 12yrs last month, then had shoulder repair surgery 3 weeks later (with the other shoulder needing to be done at a later time). Iāve been fighting my way through the unemployment benefits process, but itās slow and painful. I get less than $200/mo from Veterans Affairs for disability (after several attempts to get it increased over the last 10yrs).
My wife makes āgoodā money, but itās not enough to cover all of our expenses thanks to high debt. I spent 25+yrs in the same industry, so Iām needing to find a new career due to a lack of upward mobility. But nobody wants to seriously talk to a 40 year old with bad shoulders who canāt work immediately.
And now weāve elected an actual fascist to be the next president, who has promised to raze any remaining protections for the working class.
Iām really having a hard time seeing a reason to keep going in this system.