I know that im not the only one that feels worried about where the world will be in the near future. People used to ask me where I saw myself in the next five or ten years, frankly im not sure where I see the country as a whole! With the  prices of gas skyrocketing and forcing the rise in price of every other product . We are all going to be in trouble in the long run.
     I currently live in rhode Island and things here are not good at all. The hospital I work in currently is in a sever bugit crisis; I am not sure they will be open in the next ten years. With the gas price the way it is ($3.56 average) I am finding it hard to even pay for the gas to get me to my job! I mean come on, if I cany afford the gas to get to the job how and I going to make the money I need for everything else. It is almost like we get stuck in a hole. I have optins to move or change jobs but no option makes sense for my family. the school system is great where I live, but the jobs dont pay that great. the jobs are great where I work but the housing where I work is sparse and the school system is critical in their budget. 
     I have allways felt that the goverment really needed to step in and help out the "little people" I mean the people that are struggeling to make it in this world. I am one of those people in the catigory  where we make to much to qualify for assistance but not enough to really pay for everything. There has to be a way for people like me to make it. I am not looking for so much money that I am using it to wipe my but I just dont want to have to starve till the next paycheck just because I have to fill the tank.
     It is realy a shame that people feel like this. I know that I am not the only one that is in this situation. The economic stimulus checks that the government releaseed this year are a slight comfort for the people in need but will not help in the long run. If they really were concerend they would have done everything in their power to lower gas prices. The fuel that it takes to bring products and services to the public has a direct effect on the cost. If things do not get better financialy, I as you all, Where do you really see yourself in the world in the next five or ten years?