We've been living paycheck to paycheck as long as I can remember. This is nothing new.If you go to college to make more money,if you work a minimum wage job and even if your poor. Its all the same. Its not the illegals fault, its not the poor peoples fault and its not ObamaCares Fault. Health Care has always been expensive. I will say big buisnesses are much more greedy. They only look out for themselves. Some of you people who complain, blame others for your problems need to get off your high horse and get out there and work. Even if you have to flip burgers, field work, landscaping, wash cars,etc. If you choose not to do those other jobs. Your only proving one thing to society. You choose to be where your at.Take responsiblity for your miserable life. Hope201, your wrong about being poor. Open Your eyes.

Dominiator: You are right one! Obama, Reid, Pelosi, etc., all think that if your working and paying taxes, you can pay more taxes to provide services for the illegals, unemployed, never employed,etc., giving benefits to the "poor" that hard working americans who are paying the taxes can't afford. It is sick, that someone not working has better benefits from the government, that those paying the taxes get...food stamps, free medical, section 8 housing...better to be poor in america than try and be a resposible, indepentant citizen..

Michele Johnson is a typical full of BS liberal! The reasons are clear... Price of everything goes up on a regular basis but paychecks never do. We have actually had to take 30% pay cuts to keep our jobs but you can damn well bet the CEO's and big boys have taken 30% increases! We started out here 12 years ago doing everything the right way. Mortgage less then 1/4 of our income. Bare minimums on everything. Prices of every utility goes up consistently, food is rising, taxes are rising, tax breaks are being taken away and medical insurance premiums rise 22% a year and are killing us! Our cell phones are call in and out only with the minimum plan and the phones are 6 years old. Cable is at the lowest possible choice. No house phone and we have the lowest minimum Internet possible. Our cars are 10 and 12 years old. Our TV's are 10 years old and our computers are 6 years old. We do not eat out and we do not go out for any type of entertainment but we sure get enough increases in Electricity and Natural Gas.. About a 127% increase in 5 years! Medical insurance is the worst, $1200.00 a month premiums, $50.00 co-pays and $5000.00 deductibles. 1 broken ankle $5400.00 out of pocket. 1 broken arm, $6000.00 out of pocket and one cancerous mole $1150.00 out of pocket. That is just in 1 year. No follow up care because it is to expensive and is pure crap anyways! It is going to get even worse with Obamacare! You have to have 4 jobs now, 1 for medical insurance, 1 for food and gas, 1 for utilities and 1 for mortgage or rent! ObamaNation is working for everyone except the people who actually work full time for a living!