Debt, Despair, and Me

My Daily Struggle

Have you ever wondered how the hell we’re gonna get out of this 2024 economic shitstorm? Yeah, me too. Every damn day.

Bills come in like they’re invites to a party nobody wants to attend. The grocery store? It’s a minefield where every product’s a bomb for your budget. And don’t even get me started on leisure that’s become a luxury we can’t afford.

My folks? Poor souls, they’re in a fight to the death with credit interest that breeds like rabbits. It’s like battling a monster that grows two heads every time you chop one off. They took out loans years ago, thinking it’d be a breeze to pay back. Now, with rates through the roof, they’re paying more and owing more at the same time. It’s a sick joke.

So why are we in this bottomless pit? Well, it’s a perfect storm of economic bullshit. Interest rates shot up faster than a rocket on steroids. The Fed hiked rates to fight inflation, but that turned debt payments into a freaking nightmare. Anyone with student loans, mortgages, or credit card debt is feeling the pain. And let’s be real, that’s most of us.

The cost of living? It’s gone up too, like it’s in some twisted competition to screw us over. In the US, 65% of people earning more than double the poverty level are struggling to pay their bills. That means even folks who should be…