American FAIL

The price of everthing is going up each and everyday, except there seems to be one thing that ISN'T going up--America's wages. We are living in a place where our nation's debt is 12 trillion and rising (which equates to 40K per person in the US) and in which our economic future is uncertain. Gas prices are rising, taxes are increasing on everything you can think of that is taxable (liquor, tobacco, roads, property, etc). Yet, despite this, wages aren't increasing. In fact, people are working more for less because companies have to "cut costs". You have it worse if you live in you live somewhere with a high standard of living like San Francisco or Hawaii. In Hawaii, we have lower wages compared to the rest of the US, yet we have one of the most expensive housing here. (Honolulu ranks 6th in America's Most Overvalued Cities with the median home at 605K) How is the average American supposed to keep up with inflation? How are people supposed to save money, buy homes, sustain our families, and live the 'American Dream'? Actually, the 'American Dream' is probably very far-fetched for a lot of people right now because they're having trouble finding jobs, paying their debts, and keeping their homes out of foreclosures.


We're a total mess. While other countries' GDP is starting to pick back up, America's is slower compared to others. Our unemployment is still high. Small businesses aren't able to get loans, but are faced with paying increased unemployment benefits. In turn, it's the average American that lose out. We're over worked and underpaid, because business is "slow" and a lot of  benefits have been cut. In this and age in America, it's supposedly "lucky" to even have a job.


American Dream? Bullshit. More like American FAIL now.