I often resist the urge to poorsplain’ to the obviously financially secure people that keep telling us how well we are all doing, how we are in recovery, how we are on the right track.

What about access to not worrying about your electricity being cut off because you are juggling bills?
What about access to not worrying about going homeless if you drop a pin while juggling?
What about access to medical care when you are flat broke, insured at gunpoint or not?
What about access to a dignified, well-funded mass transit system?
What about access to education and opportunity?
What about an old age plan that does not involve severe poverty but dignity instead?
What about a justice system that works for all not one where the poor are below the law and the rich are above it?
What about the fact that such questions are too numerous to list them all?

Are questions I ask on a daily basis, and what might shock some of the cheerleaders of established politicians is that those are the most common thoughts to enter the minds of the average American in this day and age.