but OBAMA SCARES ME

Ugh. I'm so sick of hearing that. And could the people saying it stop being so Southern? It doesn't sound any better when you say he "scares the bejeezus out of me." What is the bejeezus anyway?

You know what scares me? Not being able to buy a house and I'm almost 30. Losing my job because the state I work for is about to announce major budget cuts, and the University System is dependent on state funding... as well as the corporate donors who don't have any more dollars to donate. The amount of student loan debt my fiance and I have combined. Michelle Obama talks about how they took a long time to pay off their debt, how they had children and student loan debt. I could care less about taxes. If a few more bucks here and there meant that students' loan debt was lessened, then maybe it's worth it. Besides, I'm in that solid middle class tax bracket that pays at least 30% in taxes - and my taxes haven't gone down under Bush. The amount I'm paying for just about everything has gone up, so even though I'm doing well financially, I feel poor. And unless we do something about the economy, there won't be an opportunity for me to get a job that puts me in some other tax bracket. Why shouldn't those who get golden parachutes pay more in taxes? Why should it be only me?

What scares me is four more years of a president who could care less about how hard it is for those of us who are under 30 right now, because he probably can't remember what it was like to be 25, and certainly never had to worry about paying off student loans.