Unemployment is so exhausting.  I am constantly worried about finances and feel as though I'll soon go over a cliff.  While the truth is that we are basically okay, it's not easy being in this position.  And, the longer I am unemployed, the less positive I feel about my prospects.  So, here I am faced with another presidential election in which I am unemployed.

Can a president do anything for me?

No.

I am an unemployed teacher.  I cannot find work because the schools are funded in a way that makes them hire less skilled workers to save money.

The economy sucks.  In my life, the economy has pretty much been a thing outside my world.  When people were making oodles of money in the 80s, I just barely made enough to make ends meet.  When there was big gains in the 90s, we were trying to scrounge money to buy a house.  Early in the 21st century, we were finally living like the middle class.  Then I was let go from my job and the world as this family knew it has been in a downward spiral for four years.

My family and I will get through and weather the storm.  We are lucky to have support where others do not (family with money).  Still, my greatest desire is to be able to provide.  I can't.  It makes me sad.  No president can do anything about it, though.  In fact, I don't really think politicians get it.

Unemployment gives me too much time to follow a campaign that hardly matters to my financial situation.  The candidates are saying things that matter to one side or the other, but only those issues that impact our quality of life should carry weight.  The environment.  Healthcare.  Education.  Vote wisely.

And don't expect the economy to be magically fixed.  The world is in an economic turmoil.  One guy won't fix it.