U.S. citizen here. I got a promotion last year to a good mid-level job. No kids. I get decent raises every year. But, because of the consistent yearly rise in health insurance costs, inflation and cost of living, I get poorer every year. The longer I work, the less purchasing power I have year after year. What is even the point. The large companies take in more and more profit every year by squeezing every last drop out of the middle class. It’s becoming harder and harder to hold what you have, let alone get ahead at all. Part of me wonders if this is the beginning of the fall of the U.S. I feel like we are headed for darker times in this country thanks to the politicians and the company’s that own, yes, own them. I have not one ounce of trust or faith in any of our politicians. They should be leading, not bleeding the people of this country.