Yesterday, we reviewed our retirement savings plan.

#yikes

My earning power could easily be frozen by a total contract rewrite, courtesy of our collective bargaining being stripped away.

#willweevergetahead

We do the right things. We save. We don’t splurge on much. We watch where our money goes. But yet, our future scares me.

#willweevergetahead

Our state budget can afford a tax cut of $200 million dollars next year, and up to $1 billion dollars in the future. But it can’t afford to go to colleges and community colleges, important for our state’s growth in the future.

#willweevergetahead

The part that scares me the most: all this is compounded with my daughters. They’ll have more debt then I did coming out of college and less opportunity. They’ll have a world that’s scared and confused, but angry and ugly. How will THEY get ahead?

#willtheyevergetahead

I will stay positive for them, and for my students, but as a lower middle class family, it’s getting harder and harder to live the American Dream. Can one ever feel like