I suddenly realized where my fatigue comes from...

Life, dumbed down politics, a primary that is REALLY starting to make my head ache, Hillary Clinton and her constant distortions, struggling to make my ends meet, the IRS telling me that congress allows each Taxpayer $60/month in gasoline as a reasonable deduction, $45 a month for medicine and $20 a month in medical copays..... everything else has to be proven "and approved"! What freaking planet do these idiots live on? Surely not the one I live on. Why are these people not equally accountable to me on their spending of "my" money? If they are going to take 24% of what I earn, I should have a say in how they spend it and they should have to prove they used it the way I wanted it used, after all "I" earned it.

Now, regarding the Obama comment Hillary is clinging to.... the man is right, he spoke the truth, why is he being called elitist for recognizing those of us in the trenches, working low wage jobs and being beat up by the government tax-wise for trying to get ahead are indeed FED UP. Not one other politician has the guts to acknowledge our struggle, not one. The forgotten working class doesn't have much left to cling to thanks to politics as usual, something Hillary seems bent on delivering. That damn woman sure seems to have trouble with recognizing the truth.

Southern Oregon is a prime example of what Obama was talking about, low wage jobs, being taxed out of property ownership, mills and forestry down to nothing, no family wage jobs coming in to replace what's been lost, churches are filled to the brim with people who are losing hope, the second amendment is staunchly defended and trust me, a large number of southern Oregonians will never be disarmed peacefully, they do NOT trust the government, their guns are the only remaining defense they have any control of, they will not give them up quietly, ever. It's not a bad thing to acknowledge their struggle or their fears. Most of my life I was a card carrying pacifist, and it is because of the government I now own a gun and a concealed carry permit. The working poor and the struggles that have been created for them need acknowledgment from somewhere. Obama gets it, and he acknowledged it, I say good for him.

The Republicans cover the hinnies of their rich friends when in office, the democrats enable the under achievers by taxing the middle class to death to fund their hand out programs, and they line the pockets of their friends. Both parties have crippled this nation in their own way while offering no motivation to anyone to be more productive... and the forgotten middle class, those living at poverty level in spite of their best efforts have had enough of both options. I am one of these people. I barely make my ends meet, I can't get help from anywhere, my daughter is fighting MS and does not qualify for help from anywhere.... unless she gets pregnant or strung out on drugs, she is on her own. I do not understand why in America being willfully non-productive and irresponsible has more value than being an innocent victim of an incurable disease or that hard work and contributing does, it makes NO sense to me.

The government says you have to make under $14k a year to be worthy of help, at that level you almost have to be homeless in most cities. I use to be a home owner, and a business owner that employed 9 people. Now I am neither. I am now down to one job that pays just under $19k a year and I am moving into a 28' RV this year so I can cover my cost of living and have something left over after paying the power company, buying gas for my van and a few groceries. I qualify for no help from anywhere but I am expected to give up 24% of my income so the government can provide help to others, many of whom are able bodied and put nothing in, many of them never have. That 24% in taxes should drop me to a usable income that qualifies me for some kind of help but it doesn't. It doesn't matter what is left to me, what counts is what I make. Call me bitter but I am more than a tad unhappy about providing free health care and cash benefits to irresponsible single moms and meth addicts while my 7 year old grandson has no coverage and I cannot afford to buy it for him at $278/month. My boat is sinking and the way I see it only Obama offers me any hope of bailing it out.

My only other hope is to become worthy of help on purpose, by lowering my income below poverty level and start being a recipient instead of a struggling funder of programs.... because clearly the great American dream has become more about doing as little as possible so you can be paid for under achieving. The reality of this wears me out, on a daily basis. No wonder I am tired all the time.... the truly big mystery to me is... why anyone making under $25k a year bothers to work at all when not being productive pays so much better for little or no effort.

I wonder, what would happen to the pecking order of life in the US if every person making under 25K dropped themselves to part time employment making under $14k a year in taxable income and started cashing in by claiming their long overdue break from the struggle to survive for a change? Yes indeed, WWED?