I'm trying to be optimistic here.

I probably blog more about how bad I am at blogging than anything else. Oh and about how much I hate titles. But tonight it's either blog or Finance homework, and well you see which one is the victor. Plus today the SCOTUS upheld what is commonly referred to as Obamacare. So of course I have a few thoughts on that whole debacle. But because even I'm getting weary of the endless talk about health care I'm going to focus on a broader subject.

Lately I've noticed that my generation, the millennial generation, has become outright hopeless. And probably rather helpless too, but that's normal. As everyone knows the job market is basically awful. And it's particularly hard on the millennial generation. We have a huge national debt that I'm personally not too terribly excited about being responsible for. And millennial's are paying into social security every pay check and we'll probably never see a dime of that money. (frustrates me to no end) And today you throw in the fact that the SCOTUS upheld the rather expensive health care overhaul. I could probably just do a whole post about how terrible things are for us, but you get the point. Things don't look so hot for the 20-somethings of America right now.

But the two things that scare me the most are the lack of hope from those who do care and the lack of caring from the rest.

If you don't care about decisions the leaders of  your country, state, or town are making you're allowing them to just make decisions for you. And aren't we the generation of "you can't tell me what to do"? (insert rolling head here) Or are we only against being told what to do when it's "cool"? The sad part is you can honestly made a difference. But instead a lot of us idly sit by and talk about how we're only living once or something. (YOLO is basically the dumbest saying ever) Politics may not be the most enjoyable thing ever, law may be boring, and economics may seem pointless to you but these things have a huge effect on every aspect of your life. Every day people are making decisions that you'll have to deal with, so if you're content to just keep "yoloing" or whatever then go for it. But please don't ask me for a handout when you didn't even care enough to be involved in the first place.  


And to those of you who do care, don't lose hope. We can still pull through this. It's going to be painful and nasty, but if we're disciplined and diligent I honestly believe things can get better.