The sad truth is I can't think of a single politician whom I trust. Not one.
No politician is particularly inspiring to me when it comes to my economic concerns. ... What bothers me most is I’m not particularly young anymore. I’ve been struggling economically my entire early adulthood, which is par for the course in —
— many ways, but I’m increasingly nervous about it. ... Soon I won’t be a young person at all. Will I have made progress by then?
I believe [politicians] are too out of touch with the younger generation [and] either ignore our needs and demands or straight up deny them. I find that this holds true for both [political parties].
Any politician who is not focusing on the affordability crisis needs to get out of the way of younger, more passionate leaders. I'm tired of status quo, trust-the-process politics. This country is getting harder and harder for ordinary people to survive in.
I am a naturalized immigrant, and by most objective measures, I've achieved the American dream. ... But it all feels like it's built on quicksand. There's no sense of stability or security — especially not when the economic outlook changes —
— daily based on the whims of one man.
I feel like we are forgotten. The Democrats try to appease the far left; Republicans try to appease the far right. Meanwhile, a lot of us are stuck here in the middle. I’m frustrated. Who is going to help us?
I live in a rural coastal community that has been hurting and in need of an industry to drive economic growth. ... Nobody is planning for a future for my young kids that is better than the present or investing my hard-earned tax dollars in useful ways.