Economic Inequality

                    Economic Inequality

                          Year : 2021                             

On a first-hand experience scaling from one income class to another, barely making it, to being right above the poverty level or right below the median 60% of the population I can definitely say that I have learned a lot in a short amount of time about the U.S. Government and American economic system. I am currently studying investing and financial literacy.

From my experience I have come to take note of some things in the U.S. economy:

- the poor and below poverty level individuals/families are systematically supported to stay at the income level they currently are at.

.... Why do I say this? 

1) someone having a real job working full-time and even many times overtime hours, neglecting their mental, emotional, and physical health during this process,  receiving somewhere between 24k and 30k per year to pay for rent and utilities will be considered to have "too much income" to qualify for state food or medical benefits which are the most important and expensive costs especially amidst inflation.

2) Therefore ... someone working twice as hard to pay the bills will not qualify for government benefits despite needing them to grow financially and stay healthy.... and someone forced to not work at all or barely work at all, live on public housing and be at the complete mercy of the government assistance systems, such as food stamps and Medicaid, will be limited to their options for financial freedom.

3) Individuals/Families who are solely  dependent on government benefits are stuck with the "rules" the benefit programs imply upon them. They cannot have more than 2k in their bank accounts. They are not supported to work, or else their benefits are taken away immediately upon verification of payment from work and not to mention if they are dependent on Medicaid to pay for their medications or doctor visits, they will most likely have those benefits taken away as well. 

They are not able to be investors in the economy such as owning stocks, bonds, index funds, or real estate... or else their benefits are revoked. Even degrees and certificates from years of schooling free or paid for is not a guarantee of securing a good paying job these days, so even school is not a sure investment for those in poverty level of society.

Do you see the point I am getting to?

U.S. government systems are aimed at keeping the poor, poor. Supporting them to stay where they are at, any growth beyond poverty is case for revocation of benefits,  whether the individual or family is prepared or not.

The stage I am at right now: 

working class...  

in between poverty and middle-class

Notes: How am I supposed to get health care?

How am I supposed to go to school and secure a well paying job where my skills will be valued?

How to achieve a work-life balance for mental, emotional, and physical health?

How to fight inflation of the economy?

How to maximize investments?

How to not live "paycheck to paycheck"?

How to maximize savings?

How to budget effectively?

How to save up for and buy a car?

Thank you for reading my blog, 

I hope this discussion has been useful to expand our consciousness of the current reality

Until next time!

Research on Morgue work

Lately I have taken a unique interest in wanting to know what it would be like to work in a morgue, mortuary, or funeral home....

Although this is a topic mostly seen by society as taboo, it is the epitome of the vision of death, a culmination in fact - "the end stage(s)" to be precise, a ceremony in a way... to certify "the end".

Similar to the fact that we use the toilet several times a day with not so much thought as to what is going on under those sewer pipes under the ground... the whole process, the people who make the toilet system a possibility every day, and the careers associated with that.

I did research on YouTube, across the web, and local research about career possibilities in the field with my local county coroner office, and the requirements seem to be varied? 

I have seen some morgues accept medical examiner workers with not so much as a high school diploma and interest in working alongside dead bodies on a 24/7 hourly shift basis, 

my local county coroner office as I have read has high standard requirements that an applicant be currently enrolled in Medical or Arts major in Post secondary school and that internships are "fierce competition" for forensic sciences, medical examiner, lab technician work... I have also learned of another occupation, a mortician, which embalms a dead body to prepare for a family viewing at a funeral. 

One lady I saw her interview on YouTube, she started off first in medical school, then began work in a funeral home and later received an embalming license to begin work as a mortician at a funeral home.

All of these studies have opened my eyes in a very very intense way, the pure and raw truth. To completely confront the end of life as we know it, and to still take care of these bodies and resolve mysteries?... it takes a lot of guts. 

For me personally, an enhanced connection with God, and with every single breath - an appreciation and grateful attitude for life. ...to get to the nitty-gritty and understand "What Really Matters?!?" 

To be completely serious and literally stare death in the face and understand, this life is so precious... What will I do with it? What will I focus my mind on, my emotions, my soul, my time, my heart, my actions?

I will ask myself with every decision - Is it really worth it? Along the journey? In the end?

~ so breathe, meditate, & 

be sooo thankful for yet another day!!! ~

Another day to do better than yesterday, another day to live, to breathe, to smile, to see the sun, snow, or rain, another day to pray, to talk to a loved one, to do that thing you know you need to do but have been putting off for whatever reason, to make another effort in the right direction... 

A present 💝, hope, 

to all life every moment & every day!!! ✨🌱 ✨ Life ❤️

Do your very best!!! Don't waste it!!!!!